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由于

yóuyú
prepositionconjunctionHSK 3

“Due to” in Chinese is 由于 (yóuyú).

Meaning

  • due to
  • as a result of
  • thanks to
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  • owing to
  • since
  • because

Example

由于天气变差，出发延迟了。

Due to the worsening weather, the departure was delayed.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yóuHSK 25 strokesto followyúHSK 23 strokesto go

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Not to be confused with: 犹豫 (yóuyù, to hesitate) · 忧郁 (yōuyù, sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected)