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因为

yīn wèi

Old HSK 2 HSK 3.0 level 2 2-character word Traditional 因為

因为 (yīn wèi) means "because". It is an HSK 3.0 level 2 word, and was HSK 2 in the old six-level list.

What 因为 means

1. because; owing to; on account of

How 因为 is used in grammar

因为 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.

• Causal Sentences: 因为…所以 (HSK 2)
• Prepositions of Cause & Purpose: 由于, 因为, 为了 (HSK 3)
• 由于/因为 (formal): due to (HSK 4)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 2, conjunctions (连接分句或者句子); level 2, prepositions (引出原因).

The characters in 因为

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Example sentences

• 因为是那儿。
  Because it is there.
• 因为它在那儿。
  Because it is there.
• 因为我们值得。
  Because we're worth it.
• 因为我说汉语。
  Because I speak Chinese.
• 因为它太大了。
  It's because it's too big.
• 因为他迷路了。
  It's because he got lost.

Sounds the same

Read yīn wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 音位phoneme

Where 因为 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Conjunctions and Discourse Adverbs (HSK 2), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 2 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yīn wèi correctly.
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