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  • 1

    prep.because of; due to; owing to; thanks to; as a result of

    • yóu yú lǎo shī fu de nài xīn jiào dǎo tā hěn kuài jiù zhǎng wò le zhè mén jì shù

      由于老师傅耐心教导掌握技术

      Thanks to the patient teaching on the part of the veteran masters, he learnt the skill very quickly.

    • yóu yú dàng shí qíng kuàng tè shū shì qing zhǐ néng huǎn bàn

      由于当时情况特殊事情缓办

      Due to the specific circumstances at that time, the matter had to be postponed.

    • yóu yú tā de cuò wù chū le shì gù

      由于错误事故

      An accident occurred due to his mistake.

  • 2

    conj.since; because; as

    • yóu yú gè rén de guān diǎn bù tóng wǒ men méi néng qǔ dé yī zhì yì jiàn

      由于各人观点不同我们取得一致意见

      Since our points of view differ, we can't reach an agreement.

    • yóu yú shí jiān hěn wǎn le wǒ xiàn zài yào huí jiā

      由于时间现在回家

      As it is late, I'll go home now.

    • yóu yú shòu shāng tā bèi pò tuì sài

      由于受伤被迫退

      He was forced to withdraw from the competition because of injury.

Word usage

  • Note
    "因为" is different from "由于". "由于" is mostly used as a conjunction in written language, and is often used in conjunction with "所以", "因此", and "因而"; "因为" is mostly used in spoken language, and cannot be used with "因此" or "因而", etc.