# 出于 (chūyú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 出于 (chūyú) means “due to; out of; to stem from”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: due to; out of; to stem from
- Pinyin: chūyú (chu1 yu2)
- Traditional: 出於
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 他出于好奇问了一个问题。
  Tā chūyú hàoqí wènle yí ge wèntí.
  He asked a question out of curiosity.

## Characters

- [出](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-go-out/) (chū): to go out; to come out
- [于](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-in/) (yú): (preposition) in; at

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-yu-due/

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