HSK 6 · Function Words

鉴于 jiànyú “in view of” in Chinese

Traditional 鑒於

What 鉴于 means

  1. in view of
  2. considering
  3. seeing that
  4. whereas

How to say 鉴于

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale鉴jiàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising

鉴于 in a sentence

  1. 鉴于天气原因，比赛推迟了。

    Jiànyú tiānqì yuányīn, bǐsài tuīchí le.

    In view of the weather, the match has been postponed.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 鉴于他的表现，公司决定给他加工资。

    Jiànyú tā de biǎoxiàn, gōngsī juédìng gěi tā jiā gōngzī.

    In view of his performance, the company decided to give him a pay rise.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 鉴于 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 鉴 (jiàn) drawn as one shape
鉴jiànbronze mirror

鉴 is a single shape of 13 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué

How to write 鉴于

鉴 13 strokes · 于 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

鉴于 (jiànyú) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 鉴于 (jiànyú). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 鉴于

Words with 鉴

鉴别jiànbié · to distinguish鉴定jiàndìng · to appraise借鉴jièjiàn · to learn from

Words with 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to于是yúshì · thereupon位于wèiyú · to be located at善于shànyú · to be good at等于děngyú · to equal属于shǔyú · to be classified as在于zàiyú · to lie in

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呵hē · to breathe out嘿hēi · hey (to attract attention)胡乱húluàn · carelessly将近jiāngjìn · nearly即便jíbiàn · even if皆jiē · all接连jiēlián · in succession进而jìn'ér · and then

FAQs

鉴于 (jiànyú) means “in view of” or “considering”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiànyú: jiàn with a 4th tone, then yú with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 鉴于 is written 鑒於. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jianyu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鉴于 from the suggestions. Typing jianyu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鉴于 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.