于 是

yúshì

conjunctionHSK 4

“Thereupon” in Chinese is 于是 (yúshì).

Meaning

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

Example

于是出现了一个问题，哪里能找我们需要的机器。

Then arose the question of where we were to get the necessary machinery.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yúHSK 23 strokesto go shìHSK 19 strokesto be (followed by substantives only)

More HSK 4 words

梦见mèngjiànto dream about (sth or sb)HSK 4 摆动bǎidòngto swayHSK 4 日历rìlìcalendarHSK 4 以及yǐjíand; as well asHSK 4 著名zhùmíngfamousHSK 4 倒闭dǎobìto go bankruptHSK 4 测试cèshìto test (machinery etc)HSK 4 保守bǎoshǒuconservativeHSK 4 上个月shàng ge yuèlast monthHSK 4 百货bǎihuògeneral merchandiseHSK 4

Not to be confused with: 浴室 (yùshì, bathroom; shower room) · 预示 (yùshì, to indicate)