在于 zàiyú▶ tùy thuộc vào

Stroke order

在于 is written in 9 strokes across 2 characters.

• 在 — 6 strokes
• 于 — 3 strokes

Senses

1. to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute)
2. (of a matter) to be determined by; to be up to (sb)

Related words

• 位于Nằm ở, tọa lạc
• 善于giỏi về
• 在乎quan tâm
• 存在sự tồn tại
• 属于thuộc về
• 等于Bằng, ngang bằng với

在于 is pronounced zàiyú and means “tùy thuộc vào”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 在于 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.