只因

zhǐyīn
popculture

Meanings

  1. 1 (meme) homophone for 鸡 (chicken), referencing Cai Xukun
  2. 2 (literal) just because, only because

Examples

Zhǐyīn nǐ tài měi.
'Just because you're too pretty' — the meme line referencing Cai Xukun.
Zhǐyīn jiā lǐ qióng, tā hěn zǎo jiù qù dǎgōng.
Just because his family was poor, he went out to work very young.

Tips

culture
Meme origin: Cai Xukun's 2018 self-produced song 《只因》 (Just Because You're Too Pretty) contained the line 只因 (zhǐyīn), which sounds like (jī, chicken). This birthed the whole 鸡你太美 / meme ecosystem. Now 只因 in online chat almost always signals a reference to Cai Xukun rather than the literal conjunction.
grammar
In literal usage, 只因 = 只是因为 = 'just because'. It introduces a reason clause: 只因所以… (just because... therefore...).

Stroke Order

zhǐ
yīn