# 在于 (zàiyú)

In Mandarin Chinese, 在于 (zàiyú) means “to lie in (the cause); to depend on”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to lie in (the cause); to depend on
- Pinyin: zàiyú (zai4 yu2)
- Traditional: 在於
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 成功的关键在于坚持努力。
  Chénggōng de guānjiàn zàiyú jiānchí nǔlì.
  The key to success lies in consistent effort.

## Characters

- [在](https://hanziro.com/word/zai-at/) (zài): at; in
- [于](https://hanziro.com/word/yu-in/) (yú): (preposition) in; at

https://hanziro.com/word/zai-yu-lie-in/

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