Emphasizing the doer of an action with "you"

由 (yóu) is used to emphasize who is the doer or initiator of an action, a bit like in English where we might say: "Andy is the one who...."

Structure

Topic + 由 + Person + Verb

Examples

• 这 件 事 由 我 负责。Zhè jiàn shìyóu wǒ fùzé.I am responsible for this.
• 这 是 由 他 决定 的，你 就别 干涉 了。Zhè shì yóu tā juédìng de, nǐ jiù bié gānshèle.This is for him to decide, don't meddle.
• 太 悲剧 了，会议 由 王总 主持，肯定 会 很 无聊！Tài bēijùle, huìyì yóu wáng zǒng zhǔchí, kěndìng huì hěn wúliáo!Oh no. This meeting is being led by the head manager. It's definitely going to be boring.

Note that 由 not a passive marker.

See also

• "Due to…" with "youyu"
• Adding emphasis with "jiushi"

Sources and further reading

Books

• HSK Standard Course 4下 (pp. 34) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
• Boya Chinese Lower Intermediate 2 (博雅汉语准中级加速篇) (pp. 111) Anything Goes (无所不谈) →buy
• 卓越汉语－公司实战篇 (pp. 245) 卓越汉语－公司实战篇 →buy

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