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 someone)	in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname
trad. (由於/由于)		由	於/于
simp. (由于)		由	于

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yóuyú

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ ㄩˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jau⁴ jyu¹

(Taishan, Wiktionary): yiu³ yi¹
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu² y²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): iû-u / iû-ir / iû-î / iû-û

(Teochew, Peng'im): iu⁵ i¹
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶yeu-yu

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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    游魚 / 游鱼
    由於 / 由于
    魷魚 / 鱿鱼
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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: yiu³ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiu²² ji³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu² y² [Phonetic: iu⁵ y²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: iú-ṳ́
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu¹³⁻¹¹ y¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: iu² y² [Phonetic: iu⁵ y²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu²⁴⁻²¹ y²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-u
  - Tâi-lô: iû-u
  - Phofsit Daibuun: iu'w
  - IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴⁻²² u⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû-ir
  - Tâi-lô: iû-ir
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴⁻²² ɯ³³/
- (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/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: iu⁵ i¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: iû i
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /iu⁵⁵⁻¹¹ i³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶yeu-yu
  - MiniDict: yeu^去 yu
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³hhieu-hhy
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²² ɦy⁴⁴/

Conjunction

由於

because; since; as

Synonyms

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
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	因為, 庸 because of, 庸因 because of
	Taiwan	因為
	Harbin	庸 because of, 庸乎 because of
	Singapore	因為
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	擁 because of
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
	Tainan	因為
	Penang (Hokkien)	因為
	Singapore (Hokkien)	因為
	Manila (Hokkien)	因為
	Jieyang	因致
	Puning	因為
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	因為
Wu	Shanghai	因為, 因得 dated, 因得仔 dated
Xiang	Changsha	因為得, 因得

Preposition

由於

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

Synonyms

因為／因为 (yīnwèi)