粵

因jan1緣jyun4

simp因缘
jan1 jyun4yīn yuán

English

  1. chance
  2. opportunity
  3. predestined relationship
  4. (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes
  5. chain of cause and effect
  6. lot or luck

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 緣分

Examples

  • 因緣際會

    opportunity because of luck

  • 佛教理論之一。指構成一切現象嘅原因。因指主因,緣謂助緣。佛教用以説明事物得以存在嘅各種因果關係。

    (buddhism) principal and subsidiary causes

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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