为

為traditional

HSK 3#58 by frequencyradical 丶

wèi["p","v"]

because of; for; to

wéi["p","v"]

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)

Examples

一言为定！

It's a deal!

他为她工作。

He works for her.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.