# 由于 (yóuyú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 由于 (yóuyú) means “(conj.) due to, because of”. It is part of the HSK 3 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (conj.) due to, because of
- Pinyin: yóuyú (you2 yu2)
- Traditional: 由於
- HSK 3.0 · Level 3
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 由于天气不好，航班推迟了。
  Yóuyú tiānqì bù hǎo, hángbān tuīchí le.
  Due to the bad weather, the flight was delayed.

## Characters

- [由](https://hanziro.com/word/you-by-from/) (yóu): by, from; due to
- [于](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-in/) (yú): (preposition) in; at

https://hanziro.com/word/you-yu-due-because/

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