由
yóu
cause, reason; from
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 田
- HSK
- 2
- Tone
- 2
Stroke order
Example sentences
我自由了!
Wǒ zì yóu le
I'm free!
Shadow由着你吧。
Yóu zhe nǐ ba
As you wish.
Shadow你是自由人。
N sh z y u r n
You're a free man.
Shadow我只要自由。
Wǒ zhǐ yào zì yóu
All I want is my freedom.
Shadow
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Words containing 由
- 自由zì yóu 4–2 freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted
- 由yóu 2to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 由于yóu yú 2–2 due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because
- 理由lǐ yóu 3–2 reason; grounds; justification
- 由此yóu cǐ 2–3 hereby; from this
- 不由得bù yóu de 4–2–5can't help; cannot but
- 不由自主bù yóu zì zhǔ 4–2–4–3can't help; involuntarily (idiom)
- 由衷yóu zhōng 2–1 heartfelt; sincere; unfeigned
- 自由自在zì yóu zì zài 4–2–4–4free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely
- 身不由己shēn bù yóu jǐ 1–4–2–3without the freedom to act independently (idiom); involuntary; not of one's own volition; in spite of oneself
- 由来yóu lái 2–2 origin
- 由此可见yóu cǐ kě jiàn 2–3–3–4from this, it can be seen that...