於是乎

Chinese

		so; hence; thus so; hence; thus; therefore; thereupon; consequently; as a result	(interrog. part.)
trad. (於是乎/于是乎)		於是/于是	乎
simp. (于是乎)		于是	乎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yúshìhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu¹ si⁶ fu⁴
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶yu-zy-hu; ⁶yu-zy-u

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yúshìhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕˋ ㄏㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yúshìhhu
    • Wade–Giles: yü²-shih⁴-hu¹
    • Yale: yú-shr̀-hū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushyhhu
    • Palladius: юйшиху (jujšixu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ xu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyu¹ si⁶ fu⁴
    • Yale: yū sih fùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jy¹ si⁶ fu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yu¹ xi⁶ fu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː⁵⁵ siː²² fuː²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶yu-zy-hu; ⁶yu-zy-u
    • MiniDict: yu^去 zy hu; yu^去 zy u
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhy-zr-hu; ³hhy-zr-u
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦy²² zz̩⁵⁵ hu²¹/, /ɦy²² zz̩⁵⁵ u²¹/

Conjunction

於是乎

1. (literary or Cantonese or Wu) hence; thereupon; so; consequently; therefore
   • 815, 白居易 [Bai Juyi], 與元九書 [Letter to Yuan Zhen]:

     於是乎孕大含深，貫微洞密，上下通而一氣泰，憂樂合而百志熙。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     于是乎孕大含深，贯微洞密，上下通而一气泰，忧乐合而百志熙。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yúshìhū yùn dà hán shēn, guàn wēi dòng mì, shàng xià tōng ér yī qì tài, yōu yuè hé ér bǎi zhì xī. [Pinyin]

     Therefore, it contains great and profound [truths]; it penetrates the minute and pierces the hidden; the emperor and his subjects communicate unobstructed and the qi of the world is peaceful; people unite in sorrow and joy, and all their feelings are harmonious.

Synonyms

• 乃末 (Shanghainese)
• 以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
• 以是 (yǐshì) (Classical Chinese)
• 因此 (yīncǐ)
• 因而 (yīn'ér)
• 從而／从而 (cóng'ér)
• 所以
• 故 (gù) (literary)
• 故此 (gùcǐ)
• 故而 (gù'ér)
• 於是／于是 (yúshì)
• 是以 (shìyǐ) (literary)
• 是故 (shìgù) (literary)
• 此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
• 為此／为此 (wèicǐ)