为

for; because of

No. 12 most used · 0.51% of everyday spoken Chinese: about 1 character in every 196.

Also read: wéi 成为

How it's built

• 力strength
• 丶drop

A way to remember it

Strength (力) and a drop of sweat (丶): what you work for.

Words

• 为什么

  wèi shén me

  why?; for what reason?
• 因为

  yīn wèi

  because; owing to; on account of
• 认为

  rèn wéi

  to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
• 为了

  wèi le

  for; for the purpose of; in order to
• 以为

  yǐ wéi

  to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
• 成为

  chéng wéi

  to become; to turn into

Sentences

• 为什么我还在这里？

  wèi shén me wǒ hái zài zhè lǐ

  Why am I still here?
• 他以为什么都知道。

  tā yǐ wéi shén me dōu zhī dào

  He thinks he knows everything.
• 他再次被选为市长。

  tā zài cì bèi xuǎn wèi shì zhǎng

  He was re-elected mayor.
• 他想成为一名作家。

  tā xiǎng chéng wéi yì míng zuò jiā

  He wants to become a writer.

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How often characters are written: wordfreq by Robyn Speer, CC BY-SA 4.0, with data from Google Books Ngrams and SUBTLEX by Marc Brysbaert and others. Meanings: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sentences: Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. How often they're said: FrequencyWords and OPUS, from OpenSubtitles.