Chinese symbol for “thereupon”
于是
yú shì
Traditional: 於是
thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thereupon is 于是 (yú shì), defined as: thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “thereupon”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 随之 (隨之) | suí zhī | thereupon; subsequently |
| 乃 | nǎi | to be; thus |
| 遂 | suì | to satisfy; to succeed |
| 爰 | yuán | therefore; consequently |
| 叵 | pǒ | not; thereupon |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 于是.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 对于 (對於) | duì yú | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to |
| 由于 (由於) | yóu yú | due to; as a result of |
| 关于 (關於) | guān yú | pertaining to; concerning |
| 属于 (屬於) | shǔ yú | to belong to; to fall under (a category) |
| 位于 (位於) | wèi yú | to be located at; to be situated at |
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 不是 | bù shì | no; is not |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thereupon”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.