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因此

yīn cǐ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

因此 (yīn cǐ) means "thus; consequently; as a result". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 因此 means

1. thus; consequently; as a result

The characters in 因此

• 因yīncause; reason; because
• 此cǐthis; these

Example sentences

• 因此，天气一点也不热。
  So, it isn't hot at all.
• 因此，我们必须自己照顾自己。
  Hence, we have to take care of ourselves.
• 因此我跟你说，你不要一个人去。
  Yīncǐ wǒ gēn nǐ shuō, nǐ bù yào yīgèrén qù.
  Thus I tell you don't just go alone.
• 她定期去看牙医，因此很少牙疼。
  She goes to the dentist regularly, so she seldom gets toothache.
• 新竹的风很大，因此有「风城」的美称。
  Hsinchu is very windy, which is why it is nicknamed the "Windy City."
• 由于这几天下了很多雪，因此学校停课了。
  Yóuyú zhèjǐtiān xià le hěn duō xuě, yīncǐ xuéxiào tíngkè le.
  Due to the large amounts of snow over the last few days, school has been cancelled.

Where 因此 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Logical connectives & conjunctions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yīn cǐ correctly.
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