以为 - Mandarin word #226

以为

yǐwéi

Traditional: 以為

HSK 3

#226 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to think (mistakenly), to assume

Stroke order

以

为

。

I thought you had left.

？

You think I don't know?

。

He assumed this was correct.

假jiǎ。

I thought today was a holiday.

。

Do not assume I did not see.

以为 (yǐ wéi) means to think (mistakenly), to assume. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.

好像

it seems like, apparently, as if

明白

to understand, clear, obvious

认为

to think, to believe, to consider

相信

to believe, to trust

也许

perhaps, maybe, possibly

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 5.