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Keyword
because of
  • to do
  • to act
  • to handle
  • to govern
  • to be
Frequency
#8
Strokes
4
Readings
wéi79%
wèi21%
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
Used in vocabulary
为wèi
because of; for; to
因为yīnwèi
because; owing to; on account of
认为rènwéi
to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
成为chéngwéi
to become; to turn into
为了wèile
for; for the purpose of; in order to
为什么wèishénme
why?; for what reason?
作为zuòwéi
one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); …
为wéi
as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice)
行为xíngwéi
action; conduct; behavior; activity
以为yǐwéi
to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
称为chēngwéi
to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
为主wéizhǔ
to rely mainly on; to attach most importance to
分为fēnwéi
to divide sth into (parts); to subdivide
视为shìwéi
to view as; to see as; to consider to be; to deem
人为rénwéi
artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort
为止wéizhǐ
until; (used in combination with words like 到 (dào) or 至 (zhì) in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)
名为míngwéi
to be called; to be known as
改为gǎiwéi
to change into
极为jíwéi
extremely; exceedingly
较为jiàowéi
comparatively; relatively; fairly
列为lièwéi
to be classified as