于是

Pinyin: yúshì

thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 conjunction

Example sentence

别人建议我坐飞机而不是坐船去,于是我选择了坐飞机。

Biéren jiànyì wǒ zuò fēijī ér bù shì zuò chuán qù, yúshì wǒ xuǎnzé le zuò fēijī.

I was told to go not by boat but by plane, which advice I followed.

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What 于是 means

于是 (yúshì) is a Chinese word meaning “thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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