preposition HSK 6 #393

Meanings

  1. 1 in; at; to
  2. 2 from; by (literary)
  3. 3 with regard to

Examples

Tā shēng yú yī jiǔ jiǔ líng nián.
He was born in 1990.
Guānyú zhè jiàn shì, wǒ bú tài qīngchǔ.
Regarding this matter, I'm not very clear.
Zhōngyú dào le!
Finally arrived!

Tips

usage
is a literary/formal preposition meaning 'at/in/to.' In modern Chinese, it mostly survives in set compounds: 关于 (about), 对于 (regarding), 终于 (finally), 由于 (due to), 属于 (to belong to).
grammar
is the classical equivalent of (at/in). You'll see it in formal writing and fixed expressions, but is preferred in everyday speech.

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