Initial:yVideo guide
Final(T3):óuVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
5
Traditional:
由
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.fmlpass through; go by way of
必由之路
the road one must follow
由海道而去
take the coast road
经由
go by way of
- 2
n.cause; reason
理由
reason
事由
cause of a matter
因由
cause
- 3
prep.because of; due to; owing to
咎由自取
trouble of one's own making
由于
owing to
- 4
v.fmladhere to; follow; obey; be up to somebody
由着你
be up to you
事情不由自己控制。
Things are beyond one's control.
他总是由着性子。
He does as he pleases.
- 5
prep.by; through; via
由群众举荐
be recommended by the masses
- 6
prep.by means of
由氢与氧化合而成
be composed of hydrogen and oxygen
由此可知
this shows that
- 7
prep.(indicating a starting point) from
由北京出发
set off from Beijing
由上到下
from top to bottom
由东向西
from East to West
- 8
prep.(done) by somebody
由他领导
be supervised by him
由我付钱
be paid by me
Words and phrases with 由
- 由头到尾[word]from beginning to end
- 由贫致富[word]from rags to riches
- 由此[word]hereby
- 由衷[word]heartfelt
- 由此可见[word]This proves.
- 由阴道[word]per vaginam
- 由不得[word]not be up to somebody to decide; can’t help
- 由小到大[word]grow from a small beginning into a mighty
- 由于[word]because of; since
- 由来已久[idiom]long-standing
- 由此及彼[idiom]proceed from one point to another
- 由近及远[idiom]go from the near to the distant
- 由浅入深[idiom]proceed from the easy to the difficult
- 由衷之言[idiom]sincere words
- 由表及里[idiom]from outward appearance to inner essence