由于

由于 yóuyú in a sentence

Due to (as a result of - thanks to - owing to)

Full dictionary entry HSK 4 2 sentences

由于 (yóuyú) means Due to (as a result of - thanks to - owing to). Below are 2 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

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

Questions about 由于

How is 由于 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 由于 (yóuyú, "Due to (as a result of - thanks to - owing to)"), 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.

Is 由于 an HSK word?

Yes — 由于 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.

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