基 于

jīyú

prepositionHSK 7-9

“Because of” in Chinese is 基于 (jīyú).

Meaning

because of
on the basis of
in view of

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on account of

Example

明年预算的计算是基于今年的成本的。

The calculation of the budget for next year is based on the costs this year.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

jīHSK 311 strokesbase; foundation yúHSK 23 strokesto go

More HSK 7-9 words

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Not to be confused with: 急于 (jíyú, eager to) · 机遇 (jīyù, opportunity; favorable turn of events; stroke of luck) · 给予 (jǐyǔ, (literary) to give; to accord; to render)