于
yúwūxū HSK2

at

于 於 yú frequency
in preposition
Indicates a location, scope, or time; equivalent to 在 zài

这个传统开始于美国。

zhè​ge chuán​tǒng kāi​shǐ yú měi​guó.

This tradition began in the US.

他们死于别的东西。

tā​men sǐ yú bié​de dōng​xi.

They died from something else.

to preposition
Indicates the recipient or target of an action; equivalent to 对 duì or 向 xiàng

谁说我们听命于你？

shéi shuō wǒ​men tīng mìng yú nǐ?

Who said we take orders from you?

towards verbpreposition
Indicates a direction, goal, or result
from preposition
Indicates a source, origin, or starting point; equivalent to 从 cóng or 自 zì

语言学习始于听。

yǔ​yán xué​xí shǐ yú tīng.

Language learning begins with listening.

because of preposition
Indicates a reason, cause, or purpose

我母亲死于流感。

wǒ mǔ​qīn sǐ yú liú​gǎn.

My mother died of the flu.

他在64岁时死于癌症。

tā zài64 suì shí sǐ yú ái​zhèng.

He died of cancer at age 64.

than preposition
Used after a word describing a quality to indicate comparison

家庭先于金钱。

jiā​tíng xiān yú jīn​qián.

Family comes before money.

你真的有别于你的竞争对手吗？

nǐ zhēn​de yǒu bié yú nǐ de jìng​zhēng​duì​shǒu ma?

Are you really different from your competitors?

by preposition
Used after a verb to indicate the person or thing that performs an action in a passive sentence
Yu
surname Yu (in Taiwan, often pronounced yū)
于 於 wū
exclamation of admiration or grief
(archaic) An exclamation used to express admiration or grief; same as 乌 wū
于 yú
archaic particle (expletive)
(archaic) a meaningless particle used at the beginning or in the middle of a sentence in classic poetry
to go
(archaic) to go to; to head toward
to take
(archaic) to take; to get; to seize
archaic particle (interrogative)
(archaic) a sentence-final interrogative particle
于 xū
exclamation of surprise or sighing
(archaic) an exclamation expressing surprise or sighing; same as 吁 xū

Cross-References

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Same as

Referenced by

Has old variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
40th most common 3258.5 per million
Movie subtitles
181st most common 969.9 per million appears in 97% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
260.1 per million appears in 61% of films
Written text
851.5 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Traditional
於
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+4E8E

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)