为, wèi
Meaning: for, because of
HSK 3 word
Example
我为你高兴。
Wǒ wèi nǐ gāoxìng.
I'm happy for you.
Also written 为: wéi, “to be, to act as, to become” (HSK 4); wéi, “by (in formal passive sentences)” (HSK 5).
More HSK 3 words
- 可是kěshìbut, however
- 只要zhǐyàoas long as
- 除了chúleexcept, besides
- 为了wèilein order to
- 关于guānyúabout, regarding
- 根据gēnjùaccording to
- 比如bǐrúfor example
- 其实qíshíactually
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