Chinese word

于是

Pronunciation

Pinyinyú shì

Meaning

  • conjunctionso

Example

天开始下雨，于是大家都回家了。tiān kāi shǐ xià yǔ yú shì dà jiā dōu huí jiā le

It started to rain, so everyone went home.

Illustration for 于是 (so)

More examples

合同纠纷解决不了，于是问题又出现了。hé tóng jiū fēn jiě jué bù liǎo yú shì wèn tí yòu chū xiàn le

The contract dispute could not be resolved, so the problem appeared again.

Core concept

A bridge from what has just happened to what happens because of it or immediately after it.

Common phrases

  • 于是回家yú shì huí jiā

    so go home

  • 于是出现yú shì chū xiàn

    so appear

  • 于是产生yú shì chǎn shēng

    so arise

Similar words

所以suó yǐ: Connects an earlier cause with its resulting conclusion or next fact.
因此yīn cǐ: Connects earlier facts to a logical result or conclusion in formal writing.

Definition in Chinese

用于连接两件事，表示前一件事导致或紧接着发生后一件事，语气中性且常出现在书面叙述中。yòng yú lián jiē liǎng jiàn shì biǎo shì qián yí jiàn shì dǎo zhì huò jǐn jiē zhe fā shēng hòu yí jiàn shì yǔ qì zhōng xìng qiě cháng chū xiàn zài shū miàn xù shù zhōng

Word origin

于是 (yúshì, "thereupon") combines 于 (yú, "at or in relation to") + 是 (shì, "this or is"), and its classical use developed into a link from an earlier situation to what followed.

Usage tips

  • In everyday conversation, this formal connector appears more often in written or carefully told stories than in casual speech.

Other meanings

  • thenconjunction

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