緣 (jyun4) — edge; fringe; brink; margin in Cantonese
jyunˎ₄緣简 缘
Mandarin Pinyin: yuan2
Meaning of 緣
nounedge; fringe; brink; margin
nouncause; reason; karma; because of
noungo along; follow
noundestiny; fate; predestined relationship
Example Sentences with 緣
cukˉ¹促sengˎ₄成yanˉ¹姻yunˎ₄緣
Arrange a marriage.
banˉ¹瀕seiˊ²死binˉ¹邊jyunˎ₄緣
The brink of death.
samˉ¹心deiˊ²地houˊ²好janˎ₄人jyunˎ₄緣hou2.好。
A kind heart brings popularity.
mˎ₄唔ziˉ¹知meˉ¹咩jyunˎ₄緣gu˗₃故
Don't know the reason why.
jauˏ₅有meˉ¹咩jyunˎ₄緣gu˗₃故?
What's the reason?
Words Containing 緣
緣故jyun4 gu3
reason; cause
倒閉邊緣dou2 bai3 bin1 jyun4
on the verge of collapse
邊緣青年bin1 jyun4 cing1 nin4
at-risk youths
無緣無故mou4 jyun4 mou4 gu3
no reason, no cause, totally uncalled for
葉緣jip6 jyun4
edge
隨緣ceoi4 jyun4
complying with fate
緣分jyun4 fan6
variant of 緣份
姻緣石jan1 jyun4 sek6
Lover's Rock, this phallus-shaped rock in Hong Kong is said to have granted happy marriages to pious worshippers especially on 三六 (the Three Sixes) of the lunar month
絕緣體zyut6 jyun4 tai2
insulator — any material or object that does not conduct electricity
有緣無份jau5 jyun4 mou4 fan6
predestined to meet but fated to separate (in a relationship)
求姻緣kau4 jan1 jyun4
to pray for a good marriage
因緣jan1 jyun4
chance; opportunity; predestined relationship; (Buddhist) principal and secondary causes; chain of cause and effect
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