# 於是
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yúshì
    (Zhuyin): ㄩˊ ㄕˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu$^1$ si$^6$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): u-sī / ir-sǐ / û-sī
    (Teochew, Peng'im): i$^1$ si$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yúshì
*** Zhuyin: ㄩˊ ㄕˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yúshìh
*** Wade–Giles: yü$^2$-shih$^4$
*** Yale: yú-shr̀
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yushyh
*** Palladius: юйши (jujši)
*** Sinological IPA : /y³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jyu$^1$ si$^6$
*** Yale: yū sih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jy$^1$ si$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yu$^1$ xi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jyː⁵⁵ siː²²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: u-sī
*** Tâi-lô: u-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: usi
*** IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /u⁴⁴⁻³³ si³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /u⁴⁴⁻²² si²²/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ir-sǐ
*** Tâi-lô: ir-sǐ
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ³³ si²²/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: û-sī
*** Tâi-lô: û-sī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: usi
*** IPA (Xiamen): /u²⁴⁻²² si²²/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: i$^1$ si$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i sĭ
*** Sinological IPA : /i³³⁻²³ si³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: 'jo dzyeX
Rime :
| Character | 於 | 是 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 常 (25) |
| Final (韻) | 魚 (22) | 支 (11) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 央居切 | 承紙切 |
| Baxter | 'jo | dzyeX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔɨʌ/ | /d͡ʑiᴇ$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔiɔ/ | /d͡ʑiɛ$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔiɔ/ | /d͡ʑjɛ$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɨə̆/ | /d͡ʑiə̆$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔiɔ/ | /ʑie$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /ĭo/ | /ʑǐe$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ʔi̯wo/ | /ʑie̯$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yū | shì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jyu$^1$ | si$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ʔ]a [d]eʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qa djeʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 於 | 是 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yú | shì |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔjo › | ‹ dzye$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ʔ]a/ | /*[d]eʔ/ |
| English | at (locative preposition) | this |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 於 | 是 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 1/1 |
| No. | 15812 | 11645 |
| Phonetic component | 於 | 是 |
| Rime group | 魚 | 支 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 於 | 是 |
| Old Chinese | /*qa/ | /*djeʔ/ |
| Notes | | 金文從早從止， 馬敘倫謂正加射的。按象對準目標行進， 表所行正確 |

### Conjunction

於是
* so; hence; thus; therefore; thereupon; consequently; as a result (Similar to 所以, but not identical since 於是 specifically means "so, as an immediate consequence")

#### Synonyms

* 乃末 (Shanghainese)
* 以故 (yǐgù) (Classical Chinese)
* 以是 (yǐshì) (Classical Chinese)
* 因此 (yīncǐ)
* 因而 (yīn'ér)
* 從而 / 从而 (cóng'ér)
* 所以
* 故 (gù) (literary)
* 故此 (gùcǐ)
* 故而 (gù'ér)
* 於是乎 / 于是乎 (yúshìhū) (literary)
* 是以 (shìyǐ) (literary)
* 是故 (shìgù) (literary)
* 此以 (cǐyǐ) (literary)
* 為此 / 为此 (wèicǐ)