事由

Chinese

		matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair	follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)
simp. and trad. (事由)		事	由

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìyóu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ jau⁴
Min Nan (POJ): sīr-iû / sū-iû

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóu
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yu²
  - Yale: shr̀-yóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyou
  - Palladius: шию (šiju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìyóur
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˊㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhyóur
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-yurh²
  - Yale: shr̀-yóur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhyoul
  - Palladius: шиюр (šijur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹ jɤʊ̯ɻʷ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ jau⁴
  - Yale: sih yàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ jau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ yeo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² jɐu̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-iû
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-iû
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² iu²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-iû
  - Tâi-lô: sū-iû
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxiuu
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ iu²³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ iu²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ iu¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ iu²⁴/

Noun

事由

course of events; particulars of a matter; whys and wherefores of a matter
main content (of an official document)
excuse; pretext
(colloquial) occupation; profession; career; vocation

Synonyms

(course of events):

原委 (yuánwěi)
始末 (shǐmò)
委曲 (wěiqū)
本末 (běnmò)

究竟 (jiūjìng)
事情經過／事情经过 (shìqíng jīngguò)
經過／经过 (jīngguò)

(main content):

Synonyms of 事由

大要 (dàyào)
提要 (tíyào)
摘要 (zhāiyào)
撮要 (cuōyào) (dated)
梗概 (gěnggài)
概括 (gàikuò)
概略 (gàilüè)
概要 (gàiyào)
概貌 (gàimào)
概述 (gàishù)
要略 (yàolüè) (often used in book and chapter titles)
匯總／汇总 (huìzǒng)

大綱／大纲 (dàgāng)
小結／小结 (xiǎojié)
提綱／提纲 (tígāng)
擇要／择要 (zéyào)
概況／概况 (gàikuàng)
概說／概说 (gàishuō) (often used in book and chapter titles)
綱要／纲要 (gāngyào)
綱領／纲领 (gānglǐng)
總結／总结 (zǒngjié)
總綱／总纲 (zǒnggāng)
輪廓／轮廓 (lúnkuò)
鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)

(excuse):

幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
口實／口实 (kǒushí)
推頭 (Wu)
擋箭牌／挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)

由頭／由头 (yóutou)
藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)

(occupation):

事業／事业 (shìyè)
本業／本业 (běnyè)

職業／职业 (zhíyè)
行業／行业 (hángyè)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
事	由
じ Grade: 3	ゆう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じゆう [jìyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑijɯ̟ᵝː]

Noun

事(じ)由(ゆう) • (jiyū) ^{←じいう (ziiu)^?}

cause, reason

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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