由

HSK 4#353 by frequencyradical 田

yóu["p","v"]

from; by; because of; due to; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...; to follow

Examples

由你决定。

How ever you like.

你是自由人。

You're a free man.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.