由于

由於traditional

HSK 4#982 by frequencyradical 田

yóu yú["p","c"]

due to; since; because; as a result of; thanks to; owing to

Examples

由于下雨，野餐泡汤了。

The picnic was called off because of the rain.

由于火车延误，我迟到了。

I was late as a result of the train delay.

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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.