为了 (wèi le): meaning and stroke order
为了 (wèi le) means for; for the purpose of; in order to.
为了
- Simplified
- 为了
- Traditional
- 為了
- Pinyin
- wèi le
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Stroke order of 为了
为
- wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as
- wèi because of; for
- wéi variant of 為|为[wei2]
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 為
Stroke by stroke
了
- le (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
- liǎo to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget")
- liǎo (of eyes) bright; clear-sighted
- 2 strokes
- Traditional form: 瞭
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Meaning of 为了
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wèi le
Traditional 為了
- for; for the purpose of; in order to
Radicals of the characters
- 为
- Radical 丶 (Kangxi radical 3) · 4 strokes
- 了
- Radical 亅 (Kangxi radical 6) · 2 strokes · 乛 on top, 亅 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
为了 in our stories
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为了这次会议，他准备了整整一个星期，做了三十多页的材料。
wèile zhè cì huìyì tā zhǔnbèi le zhěngzhěng yí gè xīngqī zuò le sānshí duō yè de cáiliào
He had spent a whole week preparing for this meeting and made over thirty pages of material.
From the story Three circles HSK 4
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为了感谢他，林老师送了他一张当天晚上的票。
wèile gǎnxiè tā Lín lǎoshī sòng le tā yì zhāng dàngtiān wǎnshang de piào
To thank him, Ms Lin gave him a ticket for that evening.
From the story The identical suitcase HSK 4
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“我们辛辛苦苦送你上医学院，难道就是为了让你去做蛋糕吗？”
wǒmen xīnxīnkǔkǔ sòng nǐ shàng yīxuéyuàn nándào jiùshì wèile ràng nǐ qù zuò dàngāo ma
"We worked so hard to get you into medical school. Was it all so you could bake cakes?"
From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5
Stories using 为了
- Three circles HSK 4
- The identical suitcase HSK 4
- The three-tier cake HSK 5
- Nüwa mends the sky HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).