为, wéi
Meaning: by (in formal passive sentences)
HSK 5 word
Example
这本书为很多人所喜欢。
Zhè běn shū wéi hěn duō rén suǒ xǐhuan.
This book is loved by many people.
Also written 为: wèi, “for, because of” (HSK 3); wéi, “to be, to act as, to become” (HSK 4).
More HSK 5 words
- 本běnthis, one's own, originally
- 据jùaccording to, based on
- 依据yījùbasis, to be based on, according to
- 凭借píngjièto rely on, by means of
- 同tóngsame, together, with, and
- 随suíto follow, to go along with, to let (someone do as they like)
- 替tìfor, on behalf of, to replace
- 意味着yìwèizheto mean, to signify
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