LEARN + CHINESE / 111 of 300 HSK 3
Because of That 由于…所以
The road is closed, so the bus takes a detour. 由于 introduces the reason; 所以 or 因此 brings in what followed. 因此 tends to suit more formal explanations, while 所以 is common in everyday conversation.
由于缺水，花园里所有的花都死了。
yóuyú quēshuǐ， huāyuán lǐ suǒyǒu de huā dōu sǐ le。
Because of the water shortage, all the flowers in the garden died.
今天下雨了，所以我没去学校。
jīntiān xiàyǔ le， suǒyǐ wǒ méi qù xuéxiào。
It rained today, so I didn’t go to school.
今天下雨，因此我们不去公园了。
jīntiān xià yǔ， yīncǐ wǒmen bù qù gōngyuán le。
It’s raining today, so we aren’t going to the park.
Vocabulary
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
yóuyú | due to; because of |
suǒyǐ | so; therefore |
yīncǐ | therefore; so |
xiàyǔ | to rain |
jīntiān | today |
tiānxià | world; under heaven |
gōngyuán | park |
xuéxiào | school |
wǒmen | we; us |
suǒyǒu | all; every |
yǒude | some |
huāyuán | garden |
biǎomiàn | surface; outside |
gǎnmào | to have a cold; cold |
shāngxīn | sad; broken-hearted |
yóujiàn | mail; email |
yīnwèi | because |
yīnyuèhuì | concert |
zhǐnéng | can only; have to |
jìrán | since; now that |
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