为
wèiTraditional: 為
HSK 2
#117 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
hello (on phone), hey
Stroke order
为
Examples
，！
Hello!
，李？
Hello, is this Li Ming?
，？
Hello, can you hear me?
。
He works hard for his family.
顿。
She made a meal for me.
为 (wèi) means hello (on phone), hey. It is used as a interjection in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 为.
为什么wèishénmewhy为什么wèi shén mewhy, for what reason因为yīn wèibecause, since认为rèn wéito think, to believe, to consider为了wèi lefor the sake of, in order to以为yǐ wéito think (mistakenly), to assume成为chéng wéito become, to turn into是因为shì yīn wèiit is because, it is due to因为yīn wéibecause, due to作为zuò wéias, in the capacity of; conduct, achievement为何wèi héwhy, for what reason
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