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至于

zhì yú

HSK 5 2-character word Traditional 至於

What 至于 means

1. as for
2. as to
3. to go so far as to

The characters in 至于

• 至zhìto arrive; most; to
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 至于该文件，我在保管。
  As for the papers, I have custody of them.
• 至于我比较喜欢待在家看小说。
  Zhìyú wǒ bǐjiào xǐhuan dài zài jiā kàn xiǎoshuō.
  For my part I prefer to stay at home and read a novel.
• 他戴着面具以至于没有人认出他。
  Tā dài zhe miànjù yǐzhìyú méiyǒu rén rènchū tā.
  He wore a mask so that no one could recognize him.
• 她太过好奇，以至于打开了盒子。
  Tā tàiguò hàoqí, yǐzhìyú dǎkāi le hézi.
  She was so curious that she opened the box.
• 天太冷了，以至于没人想去外面。
  It was so cold that no one wanted to go outside.
• 他跑得太快，以至于喘不过气来。
  He ran so fast that he was out of breath.

Words containing 至于

• 不至于bù zhì yúunlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as
• 以至于yǐ zhì yúdown to; up to; to the extent that...
• 甚至于shèn zhì yúso much (that); even (to the extent that)
• 甚而至于shèn ér zhì yúeven; so much so that

Sounds the same

Read zhì yú, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 置于to place in; to put in (a position)
• 治愚to eliminate backward (unscientific) ways of thinking