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 24 of the 58 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
他的理 由 很充分。
Tā de lǐyóu hěn chōngfèn.
His reasons are quite sufficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 充分
这个责任 由 我承担。
Zhège zérèn yóu wǒ chéngdān.
I will take on this responsibility.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 承担
这个项目 由 她领导。
Zhège xiàngmù yóu tā lǐngdǎo.
This project is led by her.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 领导
这个理 由 十足充分。
Zhège lǐyóu shízú chōngfèn.
This reason is entirely sufficient.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 十足
水 由 两种元素组成。
Shuǐ yóu liǎng zhǒng yuánsù zǔchéng.
Water is made up of two elements.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 元素
这项工作 由 他主管。
Zhè xiàng gōngzuò yóu tā zhǔguǎn.
He is in charge of this work.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 主管
去不去反正 由 你决定。
Qù bú qù fǎnzhèng yóu nǐ juédìng.
Whether to go is up to you anyway.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 反正
这项工作 由 妇女完成。
Zhè xiàng gōngzuò yóu fùnǚ wánchéng.
This work was done by women.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 妇女
他的理 由 很有说服力。
Tā de lǐyóu hěn yǒu shuō fú lì.
His reasons are very convincing.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 说服
这个词 由 两个字组成。
Zhège cí yóu liǎng ge zì zǔchéng.
This word is made up of two characters.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 组成
人体 由 无数细胞组成。
Réntǐ yóu wúshù xìbāo zǔchéng.
The human body is made up of countless cells.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 细胞
他有正当的理 由 拒绝。
Tā yǒu zhèngdàng de lǐyóu jùjué.
He has legitimate grounds for refusing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 正当
这个句子 由 三部分构成。
Zhège jùzi yóu sān bùfen gòuchéng.
This sentence is made up of three parts.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 构成
周末我有很多自 由 时间。
Zhōumò wǒ yǒu hěn duō zìyóu shíjiān.
I have a lot of free time at the weekend.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 自由
这片区域 由 市政府管辖。
Zhè piàn qūyù yóu shì zhèngfǔ guǎnxiá.
This area falls under the municipal government's jurisdiction.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 管辖
Reading these is one thing; producing 由 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
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
由 appears in 58 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
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 58 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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