以为

Character by character

• 以yǐ5 strokesHSK 2by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
• 为wèi4 strokesHSK 2 traditional 為do, handle, govern, act; be

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Example sentences

• 他自以为是。

  Tā zì yǐ wéi shì

  He believes himself to be infallible.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 以为. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 为wèiHSK 2

  because of; for; to

• 因为yīn wèiHSK 2

  because; owing to; on account of

• 所以suǒ yǐHSK 2

  therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

• 以yǐHSK 7

  to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)

• 认为rèn wéiHSK 2

  to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

• 为了wèi leHSK 3

  for; for the purpose of; in order to

• 成为chéng wéiHSK 2

  to become; to turn into

• 为什么wèi shén meHSK 2

  why?; for what reason?

• 作为zuò wéiHSK 4

  one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 以及yǐ jíHSK 4

  as well as; too; and

• 行为xíng wéiHSK 2

  action; conduct; behavior; activity

• 以来yǐ láiHSK 3

  since (a previous event)

• 难以nán yǐHSK 5

  hard to (predict, imagine etc)

• 为何wèi héHSK 6

  why

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 为止wéi zhǐHSK 5

  until; (used in combination with words like 到 or 至 in constructs of the form 到...到...为止)

• 为此wèi cǐHSK 6

  for this reason; with regards to this; in this respect; in order to do this; to this end

• 称为chēng wéiHSK 3

  to be called; to be known as; to call it "..."

• 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2

  apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"