由 yóu in a sentence
By (from - follow - cause - due to - give in to - go through)
由 (yóu) means By (from - follow - cause - due to - give in to - go through). Below are 6 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
今天的会议 由 他主持。
Jīntiān de huìyì yóu tā zhǔchí.
Today's meeting is chaired by him.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 由
这件事 由 他负责。
Zhè jiàn shì yóu tā fùzé.
He is responsible for this matter.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 负责
由 于天气不好，飞机晚点了。
Yóuyú tiānqì bù hǎo, fēijī wǎndiǎn le.
Owing to bad weather, the plane was delayed.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 由于
由 于工作太忙，他很少运动。
Yóuyú gōngzuò tài máng, tā hěn shǎo yùndòng.
Because he is so busy at work, he rarely exercises.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 由于
From the graded readers
那天下着雨，我特别想找个理 由 不去。
nà / nèi tiānxià zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó yǔ, wǒ tèbié xiǎng zhǎo gè lǐyóu bù qù.
It was raining, and I badly wanted an excuse not to go.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Keeping Up Running
Words that contain 由
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 由
How is 由 used in a sentence?
This page shows 6 sentences using 由 (yóu, "By (from - follow - cause - due to - give in to - go through)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 由 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 由 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 由 an HSK word?
Yes — 由 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 由?
The dictionary page for 由 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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