由於

See also: 由于

Chinese

		follow; from; it is for...to follow; from; it is for...to; reason; cause; because of; due to; by; to; to leave it (to sb)	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (由於)		由	於
simp. (由于)		由	于

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yóuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau⁴ jyu¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû-ir / iû-u / iû-î / iû-û

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yóuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yóuyú
    • Wade–Giles: yu²-yü²
    • Yale: yóu-yú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: youyu
    • Palladius: ююй (jujuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /joʊ̯³⁵ y³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau⁴ jyu¹
    • Yale: yàuh yū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau⁴ jy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo⁴ yu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯²¹ jyː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-ir
    • Tâi-lô: iû-ir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² ɯ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-u
    • Tâi-lô: iû-u
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'w
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-î
    • Tâi-lô: iû-î
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'ii
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ i²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³⁻²² i¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ i²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-û
    • Tâi-lô: iû-û
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iu'uu
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³⁻³³ u²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴⁻¹¹ u²⁴/

Conjunction

1. because; since; as

Synonyms

• 因為／因为 (yīnwèi)
• (Cantonese) 事關／事关

Dialectal synonyms of 因為 (“because; because of”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		因, 為
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		因為, 因, 由於
Mandarin	Beijing	因為, 庸 because of, 庸因 because of
	Taiwan	因為
	Harbin	庸 because of, 庸乎 because of
	Xuzhou	擁 because of
	Singapore	因為
Cantonese	Guangzhou	因為, 為因, 事關
	Hong Kong	因為, 事關
	Taishan	因為
	Singapore (Guangfu)	因為
Hakka	Meixian	為因
	Huidong (Daling)	因為
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	就係
	Changting	為因
	Wuping (Pingyu)	因致
	Liancheng	就係
	Ruijin	因致
	Shicheng	就係
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	因為, 因爭
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	因為
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	因為
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	因為, 因致
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	因為, 因爭
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	因為
Jin	Taiyuan	因為
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	因為
Southern Min	Xiamen	因為
	Quanzhou	因為
	Zhangzhou	因為
	Taipei	因為
	Kaohsiung	因為
	Penang (Hokkien)	因為
	Singapore (Hokkien)	因為
	Manila (Hokkien)	因為
	Jieyang	因致
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	因為
Wu	Shanghai	因為, 因得 dated, 因得仔 dated
Xiang	Changsha	因為得, 因得

Preposition

1. owing to; due to; as a result of; because of

Synonyms

• 因為／因为 (yīnwèi)

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