Skip to content
BishuРусскийTrain

于是yúshìthereupon; and so

Theme
Connectives
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
12
Characters
2

How 于是 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

于 — 3 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
是 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 于是

Examples

外面下雨，于是我们回家了。

Wàimiàn xià yǔ, yúshì wǒmen huí jiā le.

It was raining outside, so we went home.

  • 外面wàimiànoutside
  • 下xiàdown; to go down; next
  • 雨yǔrain
  • 于是yúshìthereupon; and so
  • 我们wǒmenwe
  • 回huíto return
  • 家jiāhome
  • 了lecompleted action marker

他没有带钱，于是我帮他买了。

Tā méiyǒu dài qián, yúshì wǒ bāng tā mǎi le.

He had no money on him, so I bought it for him.

  • 他tāhe
  • 没有méiyǒuto not have
  • 带dàito bring; to lead
  • 钱qiánmoney
  • 于是yúshìthereupon; and so
  • 我wǒI
  • 帮bāngto help
  • 他tāhe
  • 买mǎito buy
  • 了lecompleted action marker

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 由于yóuyúbecause of; owing to
  • 但是dànshìbut
  • 还是