粵

緣jyun4故gu3

simp缘故
jyun4 gu3yuán gù

English

  1. reason
  2. cause
  3. reason; cause

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 導致一件事發生嘅各種因素(量詞:個)

Examples

  • 由於天氣惡劣嘅緣故,我哋唔取消個會議唔得。

    Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY

  • 你知道为什么吗?是猫的缘故。

    And you know why? Because of cats.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 我討厭前面的車毫無緣故地突然煞車。

    I hate when the driver in front of me hits the brakes for no reason.

    Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY

  • 因為我這份工作的緣故,我總是要打領帶。

    I always have to wear a tie because of my job.

    Tatoeba · tsayng CC BY

  • 倫敦過去因為經濟和文化的緣故,十分重要。

    London was very important for economical and cultural reasons.

    Tatoeba · egg0073 CC BY

  • 佢之所以殺人係有佢嘅緣故。

    He has got his reason to commit murder.

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

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