"Cause" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 原因 | yuán yīn | cause / origin / root cause / reason / CL:個|个[ge4] |   |
| 造成 | zào chéng | to bring about / to create / to cause | |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to / to lead to / to cause / to arouse | |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to / to create / to cause / to bring about | |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation / CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 缘故 | yuán gù | reason / cause | |
| 致使 | zhì shǐ | to cause / to result in | |
| 使 |  shǐ | to make / to cause / to enable / to use / to employ / to send / to instruct sb to do sth / envoy / messenger | |
| 使得 | shǐ de | usable / workable / feasible / doable / to make / to cause | |
| 引发 | yǐn fā | to lead to / to trigger / to initiate / to cause / to evoke (emotions) | |
| 激起 | jī qǐ | to arouse / to evoke / to cause / to stir up | |
| 诱发 | yòu fā | to induce / to cause / to elicit / to trigger | |
| 滋生 | zī shēng | to breed / to flourish / to cause / to provoke / to create | |
| 起因 | qǐ yīn | cause / a factor (leading to an effect) | |
| 成因 | chéng yīn | cause / factor / cause of formation | |
| 缘由 | yuán yóu | reason / cause | |
| 来头 | lái tóu | cause / reason / interest / influence | |
| 诱因 | yòu yīn | cause / triggering factor / incentive / inducement | |
| 事由 | shì yóu | main content / matter / work / origin of an incident / cause / purpose / subject (of business letter) | |
| 来由 | lái yóu | reason / cause | |
| 因 | yīn | cause / reason / because | |
| 根底 | gēn dǐ | foundation / grounding / background / what lies at the bottom of sth / root / cause | |
| 因由 | yīn yóu | reason / cause / predestined relationship (Buddhism) | |
| 教 | jiào | religion / teaching / to make / to cause / to tell | |
| 原 | yuán | former / original / primary / raw / level / cause / source | |
| 令 | lìng | to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem | |
| 致 | zhì | to send / to devote / to deliver / to cause / to convey | |
| 故 | gù | happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead | |
| 令人 | lìng rén | to cause one (to do sth) / to make one (angry, delighted etc) | |
| 消灭 | xiāo miè | to put an end to / to annihilate / to cause to perish / to perish / annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 委屈 | wěi qu | to feel wronged / to cause sb to feel wronged / grievance | |
| 困扰 | kùn rǎo | to perplex / to disturb / to cause complications | |
| 人为 | rén wéi | artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort | |
| 主要原因 | zhǔ yào yuán yīn | main reason / primary cause | |
| 骚扰 | sāo rǎo | to disturb / to cause a commotion / to harass | |
| 轰动 | hōng dòng | to cause a sensation / to create a stir in (a place) / commotion / controversy | |
| 增进 | zēng jìn | to promote / to enhance / to further / to advance (a cause etc) | |
| 要命 | yào mìng | to cause sb's death / extremely / terribly / (used in complaining about sth) to be a nuisance | |
| 标本 | biāo běn | specimen / sample / the root cause and symptoms of a disease | |
| 因果 | yīn guǒ | karma / cause and effect | |
| 害得 | hài de | to cause or lead to sth bad | |
| 舒缓 | shū huǎn | to ease (tension) / to relax / to cause sth to relax / to alleviate / relaxed / easy and unhurried / leisurely / soothing / mild (slope) | |
| 病因 | bìng yīn | cause of disease / pathogen | |
| 害死 | hài sǐ | to kill / to cause death / to do sb to death | |
| 大闹 | dà nào | to cause havoc / to run amok | |
| 无故 | wú gù | without cause or reason | |
| 致癌 | zhì ái | carcinogenic / to cause cancer | |
| 大业 | dà yè | great cause / great undertaking | |
| 有失 | yǒu shī | to cause a loss of (decorum, dignity etc) (used in fixed expressions) | |
| 肇事 | zhào shì | to cause an accident / to be responsible for an incident / to provoke a disturbance | |
| 因缘 | yīn yuán | chance / opportunity / predestined relationship / (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes / chain of cause and effect | |
| 闹事 | nào shì | to cause trouble / to create a disturbance | |
| 根本原因 | gēn běn yuán yīn | root cause | |
| 死因 | sǐ yīn | cause of death | |
| 罪魁祸首 | zuì kuí huò shǒu | criminal ringleader, main offender (idiom) / main culprit / fig. main cause of a disaster | |
| 无缘无故 | wú yuán wú gù | no cause, no reason (idiom) / completely uncalled for | |
| 主要因素 | zhǔ yào yīn sù | main factor / principal cause | |
| 见义勇为 | jiàn yì yǒng wéi | to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects) / to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause | |
| 捣蛋 | dǎo dàn | to cause trouble / to stir up trouble | |
| 大义 | dà yì | righteousness / virtuous cause / a woman's marriage / main points of a piece of writing | |
| 作祟 | zuò suì | haunted / to haunt / to cause mischief | |
| 省心 | shěng xīn | to cause no trouble / to be spared worry / worry-free | |
| 致病 | zhì bìng | pathogenic / to cause disease | |
| 损毁 | sǔn huǐ | to cause damage to / to ruin / to destroy | |
| 原动力 | yuán dòng lì | motive force / prime mover / first cause / agent | |
| 病原 | bìng yuán | cause of disease / pathogen | |
| 惹事 | rě shì | to cause trouble | |
| 闯祸 | chuǎng huò | to cause an accident / to make trouble / to get into trouble | |
| 逗笑 | dòu xiào | to amuse / to cause to smile / amusing | |
| 前因后果 | qián yīn hòu guǒ | cause and effects (idiom) / entire process of development | |
| 添乱 | tiān luàn | (coll.) to cause trouble for sb / to inconvenience | |
| 胡来 | hú lái | to act arbitrarily regardless of the rules / to mess with sth / to make a hash of things / to cause trouble | |
| 治标 | zhì biāo | to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause | |
| 感召 | gǎn zhào | to move and appeal / to rally to a cause / to impel / to inspire | |
| 祸根 | huò gēn | root of the trouble / cause of the ruin | |
| 滋事 | zī shì | to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute | |
| 碧血 | bì xuè | blood shed in a just cause | |
| 导火线 | dǎo huǒ xiàn | fuse (for explosives) / (fig.) proximate cause / the last straw | |
| 重挫 | zhòng cuò | devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet | |
| 死难 | sǐ nàn | to die in an accident / to die for a just cause | |
| 就义 | jiù yì | to be killed for a righteous cause / to die a martyr | |
| 病根 | bìng gēn | an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble | |
| 成仁 | chéng rén | to die for a good cause | |
| 捣鬼 | dǎo guǐ | to play tricks / to cause mischief | |
| 后患无穷 | hòu huàn wú qióng | it will cause no end of trouble (idiom) | |
| 拿人 | ná rén | making things awkward / to cause difficulties / to exert influence / to attract | |
| 疑窦 | yí dòu | (literary) doubts / suspicions / cause for suspicion | |
| 病源 | bìng yuán | cause of disease | |
| 压垮 | yā kuǎ | to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm | |
| 殉难 | xùn nàn | to sacrifice oneself in a just cause / a victim of a disaster | |
| 弥合 | mí hé | to cause a wound to close up and heal | |
| 祸国殃民 | huò guó yāng mín | to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom) | |
| 三顾茅庐 | sān gù máo lú | lit. three humble visits to a thatched cottage / cf famous episode in the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义 / in which Liu Bei 劉備|刘备 / recruits Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 / (the Hidden Dragon 臥龍|卧龙) to his cause by visiting him three times | |
| 义勇 | yì yǒng | courageous in fighting for a just cause | |
| 滋扰 | zī rǎo | to cause trouble / to provoke a dispute | |
| 罪魁 | zuì kuí | criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem | |
| 根由 | gēn yóu | the whys and the wherefores / the detailed story / root cause | |
| 祸从口出 | huò cóng kǒu chū | Trouble issues from the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble. | |
| 搬弄 | bān nòng | to fiddle with / to play and move sth about / to show off (what one can do) / to parade (one's capabilities) / to cause trouble | |
| 殉道 | xùn dào | to die for a just cause | |
