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 (起: 10, 因: 6). The animation replays automatically.
Usage
起因是…… = it started because…
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