Initial:wVideo guide
Final(T3):éiVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Single-component character
Strokes:
4
Traditional:
爲
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Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.fmldo; act
尽力而为
make the best of
大有可为
have a brilliant future
事在人为
Human effort is the decisive factor.
- 2
v.fmlbecome; turn
反败为胜
win instead of lose
我们要化悲伤为力量。
We need to turn sadness into strength.
化险为夷
head off a danger
- 3
v.fmlact as; serve as; play the part of
以此为凭。
This will serve as proof.
他被选为厂长。
He was elected as the factory director.
这个有效期以一月为限。
It's effective within the limit of one month.
- 4
v.do; act
- 5
v.fmlact as; serve as
- 6
v.fmlbecome; turn into
- 7
v.fmlbe; mean
synonym
- 8
v.fmlbe; mean
试用期为三个月。
The probation lasts three months.
- 9
prep.(used to express the passive form of a verb)
synonym
- 10
prep.used with 所 in a passive sentence
为好奇心所驱使
be prompted by curiosity
- 11
auxiliary wordfml(used to indicate a rhetorical question)
- 12
v.(used after a single-character adjective to form an adverb)
- 13
v.(used after a single-character adverb for emphasis)
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "wéi", "为" is a verb, or a preposition to introduce the agent of an action (equivalent to "被"), such as "为首" "为事实所证明"; when pronounced as "wèi", except as the classical Chinese meaning "help" , under others circumustances it is used as prepositions, such as "为人民服务" .