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Chinese Vocabulary

起因

the cause, how it started

起因
qǐyīn3rd tone
Pinyin
qǐyīn
Strokes
16
In episodes
1

Stroke order for 起因

起因 is written with 16 strokes (: 10, : 6). The animation replays automatically.

Usage

起因是…… = it started because…

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