緣 (jyun4 | yuan2 ) : edge; cause; destiny

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緣

jyun4

yuan2

[1] edge; fringe; brink; margin
[2] cause; reason; karma; because of
[3] destiny; fate; predestined relationship
[4] go along; follow

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 15

Level: 4

Radical: 糸 (#120)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

緣 / 缘

This word has been viewed 9246 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2010 16:11

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邊緣 bin1 jyun4 bian1 yuan2 = edge

緣故 jyun4 gu3 yuan2 gu4 = reason

絕緣 zyut6 jyun4 jue2 yuan2 = to insulate; to isolate

緣份 jyun4 fan6 yuan2 fen4 = serendipity; predestination

機緣 gei1 jyun4 ji1 yuan2 = by chance

結緣 git3 jyun4 = become attached to

人緣 jan4 jyun4 = relationship with other people; popularity

人緣好好 jan4 jyun4 hou2 hou2 = popular (referring to people)

絕緣體 zyut6 jyun4 tai2 jue2 yuan2 ti3 = insulator

因緣 jan1 jyun4 yin1 yuan2 = chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect

隨緣 ceoi4 jyun4 sui2 yuan2 = complying with fate

葉緣 jip6 jyun4 ye4 yuan2 = edge

倒閉邊緣 dou2 bai3 bin1 jyun4 = on the verge of collapse

邊緣政策 bin1 jyun4 zing3 caak3 bian1 yuan2 zheng4 ce4 = brinkmanship

姻緣 jan1 jyun4 yin1 yuan2 = [1] the happy fate which brings lovers together [2] conjugal felicity

求姻緣 kau4 jan1 jyun4 qiu2 yin1 yuan2 = to pray for a good marriage

奇緣 kei4 jyun4 qi2 yuan2 = strange destiny

化緣 faa3 jyun4 hua4 yuan2 = beg alms

無緣無故 mou4 jyun4 mou4 gu3 wu2 yuan2 wu2 gu4 = for no reason

緣由 jyun4 yau4 yuan2 you2 = a cause; a reason

地緣 dei6 jyun4 di4 yuan2 = geo- (as a prefix)

邊緣青年 bin1 jyun4 cing1 nin4 = at-risk youths

姻緣石 jan1 jyun4 sek6 yin1 yuan2 shi2 = Lover's Rock

有緣 jau5 jyun4 you3 yuan2 = linked by destiny

緣分 jyun4 fan6 yuan2 fen4 = variant of 緣份

有緣無份 jau5 jyun4 mou4 fan6 you3 yuan2 wu2 fen4 = predestined to meet but fated to separate

緣慳一面 jyun4 haan1 jat1 min6 yuan2 qian1 yi1*2 mian4 = only have the opportunity to meet a person once

緣木求魚 jyun4 muk6 kau4 jyu4 yuan2 mu4 qiu2 yu2 = attempt the impossible

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