# 因为 (yīnwèi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 因为 (yīnwèi) means “because”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: because
- Pinyin: yīnwèi (yin1 wei4)
- Traditional: 因為
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 2

## Examples

- 因为下雨，所以我没出门。
  Yīnwèi xiàyǔ, suǒyǐ wǒ méi chūmén.
  Because it was raining, I didn't go out.

## Characters

- [因](https://hanziro.com/word/yin-cause/) (yīn): cause; reason
- [为](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-because/) (wèi): for; because of

https://hanziro.com/word/yin-wei-because/

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