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Meaning of 为
Pinyin
wèi、 wéi
Radical
丶
Strokes
4
Definition
act as / take...to be / to be / to do / to serve as / to become, because of / for / to
Usage
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为
為、爲 wéi
1. 做，行，做事。
(to do, to act, to work)
2. 当做，认做。
(to regard as, to consider as)
3. 变成。
(to become)
4. 是。
(to be)
5. 治理，处理。
(to administer, to manage)
6. 被。
(by)
7. 表示强调。
(to emphasize)
8. 助词，表示反诘或感叹。
(particle indicating a rhetorical question or exclamation)
9. 姓。
(surname)
为
爲 wéi
1. 替，给。
(to replace, to give)
2. 表目的。
(to indicate purpose)
3. 对，向。
(to, towards)
4. 帮助，卫护。
(to help, to protect)
为
爲、爲 wéi
〈动〉
1. (会意字。从爪象。甲金文像手牵象，会劳作意，本义是做事、作为。)
(Pictophonetic character, originally defined as "to work or to serve")
2. 假借为“伪”。做，作，干，搞
([En.] do; act; make)
3. 制作;창작
([En.] make; compose)
4. 治理
([En.] administer)
5. 变成，成为
([En.] become)
6. 是
([En.] be)
7. 学习，研究
([En.] study)
8. 种植;营作
([En.] plant)
9. 设置;建立
([En.] establish)
10. 使
([En.] let)
11. 以为;认为
([En.] think; believe; consider)
12. 演奏
([En.] play)
为
爲 wèi
〈介〉
1. 被
([En.] by)
2. 于，在
([En.] in)
3. 和
([En.] and)
4. 则，就
([En.] then)
5. 如，若
([En.] if)
6. 或，抑
([En.] or)
为
爲 wèi
〈助〉
1. 的，之
([En.] of)
2. 宾语前置的标志
3. 附于单音形容词后，表示程度、范围的加深或扩大。
4. 附于表示程度的单音副词后，加强语意。
5. 用于句尾，表示反诘、疑问，多与“何”相配合使用。
6. 用于句尾，表示感叹
为
爲 wèi
1. 替，给。
(to replace, to give)
2. 表目的。
(to indicate purpose)
3. 对，向。
(to, towards)
4. 帮助，卫护。
(to help, to protect)
to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects); to stand up bravely for the truth / acting heroically in a just cause
turn waste into wealth / change waste material into things of value / recycle waste material / upcycle
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
Kang Youwei (1858-1927), Confucian intellectual, educator and would-be reformer, main leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
die for one's country / die for the sake of the country / lay down one's life for one's country
Only an outstanding talent can recognize current trends (idiom). A wise man submits to circumstances.
until / (used in combination with words like 到[dao4] or 至[zhi4] in constructs of the form 到...為止|到...为止)
The cleverest housewife cannot cook without rice (idiom); You won't get anywhere without equipment.
lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom) / fig. to take the side of the evildoer / giving succor to the enemy
not to think it as shameful / not to be ashamed of / not to regard ... as a cause for shame / not to think it shameful to
one's conduct / deed / activity / accomplishment / achievement / to act as / as (in the capacity of) / qua / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
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Input Method for 为
Pinyin
wei4
Wubi
ylyi|yeyi
Cangjie
iksi
Zhengma
udys
Four Corner
34027
Unicode
U+4e3a
Stroke Number Category
HSK Level Category