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出于

chū yú

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 出於

出于 (chū yú) means "due to; to stem from". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 出于 means

1. due to
2. to stem from

How 出于 is used in grammar

出于 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Prepositions of Purpose, Exclusion and Basis (HSK 6)

The characters in 出于

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Words containing 出于

• 青出于蓝而胜于蓝qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lánlit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)…

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read chū yú correctly.
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