由于
Pinyin: yóu yú
due to
Example sentence
由于下雨,比赛取消了。
Yóuyú xià yǔ, bǐsài qǔxiāo le.
Due to rain, the match was canceled.
What 由于 means
由于 (yóu yú) is a Chinese word meaning “due to”. It belongs to the Grammar Words topic and appears at HSK 4, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Chinese.