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主因

zhǔ yīn

2-character word

What 主因 means

1. principal cause; main reason

The characters in 主因

• 主zhǔowner; master; host
• 因yīncause; reason; because

Example sentences

• 婚姻是造成离婚的主因。
  Hūnyīn shì zàochéng líhūn de zhǔyīn.
  Marriage is the main cause of divorce.

Sounds the same

Read zhǔ yīn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 主音keynote; principal tone; tonic

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