因此

Chinese

		cause; reason; because	this; these
trad. (因此)		因	此
simp. #(因此)		因	此

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīncǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣ ㄘˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jan¹ ci²

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): in-chhú / in-chhír
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹in-tshy₅

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīncǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄣ ㄘˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yincǐh
    • Wade–Giles: yin¹-tzʻŭ³
    • Yale: yīn-tsž
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: intsyy
    • Palladius: иньцы (inʹcy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jan¹ ci²
    • Yale: yān chí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jan¹ tsi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yen¹ qi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐn⁵⁵ t͡sʰiː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: in-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: inzhuo
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /in⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /in⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: in-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: in-tshír
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /in³³ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹in-tshy₅
    • MiniDict: in^平 tshy^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹in-tshr₂
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /in⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹/

Conjunction

因此

1. because of this; thus; consequently

   新加坡在1969年廢除了陪審團制度，因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官審判。 [MSC, trad.]
   新加坡在1969年废除了陪审团制度，因此所有刑事案件的被告人均由法官审判。 [MSC, simp.]

   Xīnjiāpō zài 1969 nián fèichú le péishěntuán zhìdù, yīncǐ suǒyǒu xíngshì ànjiàn de bèigàorén jūn yóu fǎguān shěnpàn. [Pinyin]

   Singapore abolished its jury system in 1969, so all criminal defendants are tried before judges.

   • 拉薩話有聲調，但是藏語拼音不標聲調。因此藏語拼音並不能完整地記錄拉薩話的語音。 [MSC, trad.]
     拉萨话有声调，但是藏语拼音不标声调。因此藏语拼音并不能完整地记录拉萨话的语音。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2008, Chinese Wikipedia, 藏語漢語拼音字母音譯轉寫法

     Lāsàhuà yǒu shēngdiào, dànshì Zàngyǔ Pīnyīn bù biāo shēngdiào. Yīncǐ Zàngyǔ Pīnyīn bìng bùnéng wánzhěng de jìlù Lāsàhuà de yǔyīn. [Pinyin]

     The Lhasa dialect has tones, but Tibetan Pinyin does not indicate tone. As a result, Tibetan Pinyin cannot perfectly transcribe the sounds of the Lhasa dialect.

Synonyms

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• 乃末 (Shanghainese)
• 以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
• 以是 (yǐshì) (Classical Chinese)
• 因而 (yīn'ér)
• 從而／从而 (cóng'ér)
• 所以
• 故 (gù) (literary)
• 故此 (gùcǐ)
• 故而 (gù'ér)
• 於是／于是 (yúshì)
• 於是乎／于是乎 (yúshìhū) (literary)
• 是以 (shìyǐ) (literary)
• 是故 (shìgù) (literary)
• 此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
• 為此／为此 (wèicǐ)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 所以 (“so; therefore”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		是以, 是故, 故, 以, 以是, 以故
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		所以, 因此, 因而, 故, 故此, 故而
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	所以
	Singapore	所以
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	所以
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	所以
Cantonese	Guangzhou	所以, 故此
	Hong Kong	所以
	Singapore (Guangfu)	所以
Gan	Nanchang	故是
Hakka	Meixian	所以, 故此
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	故所, 所以
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	故所, 所以, 故所以
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	所以
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	所以
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	所以, 故所
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	所以
Huizhou	Jixi	所以上
Northern Min	Jian'ou	故此
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	故此
Southern Min	Xiamen	所以
	Quanzhou	所以
	Zhangzhou	所以
	Tainan	所以
	Penang (Hokkien)	所以
	Singapore (Hokkien)	所以
	Manila (Hokkien)	所以
	Wenchang	所以
Wu	Shanghai	所以, 咾, 葛咾, 因此, 故所以 dated, 故而 dated, 所以緣故 dated, 為此緣故 dated, 因此緣故 dated
	Shanghai (Chongming)	故所以
Xiang	Loudi	故所以