HSK 4 · Function Words

于是 yúshì “thereupon” in Chinese

Traditional 於是

What 于是 means

  1. thereupon
  2. as a result
  3. consequently
  4. thus
  5. hence

How to say 于是

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale于yú2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale是shì4th tone, falling

于是 in a sentence

  1. 他觉得她说得很有道理，于是接受了她的建议。

    Tā juéde tā shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli, yúshì jiēshòu le tā de jiànyì.

    He thought she made a lot of sense, so he took her advice.

    Sentence #382410 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他不知道该怎么做，于是便找我帮忙。

    Tā bù zhīdao gāi zěnme zuò, yúshì biàn zhǎo wǒ bāngmáng.

    Not knowing what to do, he asked me for help.

    Sentence #338634 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 艾伦太累了，于是早早地上床睡觉了。

    Àilún tài lèi le, yúshì zǎozǎo de shàngchuáng shuìjiào le.

    Ellen was so tired that she went to bed early.

    Sentence #1428146 from Tatoeba

How 于是 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 于 (yú) with each of its parts in a different colour
于yúto go
  • 二two · èr
  • 亅hook · jué
The character 是 (shì) with each of its parts in a different colour
是shìto be
  • 日sun · rì
  • 疋roll of cloth · pǐ

How to write 于是

于 3 strokes · 是 9 strokes

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

Words related to 于是

Words with 于

终于zhōngyú · at last关于guānyú · about对于duìyú · regarding由于yóuyú · due to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至于zhìyú · as for

Words with 是

是shì · to be但是dànshì · but总是zǒngshì · always还是háishi · or只是zhǐshì · only可是kěshì · but是否shìfǒu · whether (or not)要是yàoshi · if就是jiùshì · exactly是非shìfēi · right and wrong

More words: Particles & Connectors

因此yīncǐ · thus尤其yóuqí · especially由yóu · by由于yóuyú · due to与yǔ · and原来yuánlái · original咱们zánmen · we真正zhēnzhèng · genuine

FAQs

于是 (yúshì) means “thereupon” or “as a result”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it yúshì: yú with a 2nd tone, then shì with a 4th 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, 于是 is written 於是. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yushi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 于是 from the suggestions. Typing yushi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
于是 is an HSK 4 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.