以为 (yǐ wéi): meaning and stroke order
以为 (yǐ wéi) means to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless….
以为
- Simplified
- 以为
- Traditional
- 以為
- Pinyin
- yǐ wéi
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Stroke order of 以为
以
- yǐ old variant of 以[yi3]
- yǐ old variant of 以[yi3]
- Yǐ abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 4 strokes
- Traditional form: 㕥
Stroke by stroke
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
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Meaning of 以为
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yǐ wéi
Traditional 以為
- to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
Radicals of the characters
- 以
- Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 5 strokes
- 为
- Radical 丶 (Kangxi radical 3) · 4 strokes
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.
以为 in our stories
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主人王总看他的盘子又空了，以为他还没吃饱，马上叫服务员：“再加两个菜！”
zhǔrén Wáng zǒng kàn tā de pánzi yòu kōng le yǐwéi tā hái méi chī bǎo mǎshàng jiào fúwùyuán zài jiā liǎng gè cài
Seeing his plate empty again, the host, Mr Wang, thought he was still hungry and called the waiter at once: "Two more dishes!"
From the story The banquet that never ended HSK 6
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她一度以为，这里的人都很冷漠，自己永远也融不进去。
tā yídù yǐwéi zhèli de rén dōu hěn lěngmò zìjǐ yǒngyuǎn yě róng bú jìnqu
For a time she thought everyone here was cold and that she would never fit in.
From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
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李靖以为是妖怪，拔剑一砍，肉球裂开，从里面跳出一个白白胖胖的男孩，手上套着一只金圈，身上围着一条红绫。
Lǐ Jìng yǐwéi shì yāoguài bá jiàn yì kǎn ròuqiú liè kāi cóng lǐmiàn tiào chū yí gè báibáipàngpàng de nánhái shǒu shàng tào zhe yì zhī jīn quān shēn shàng wéi zhe yì tiáo hóng líng
Thinking it was a demon, Li Jing drew his sword and struck; the ball split open and out jumped a plump, fair boy with a gold ring on his wrist and a red silk sash around his body.
From the story Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
Stories using 以为
- The banquet that never ended HSK 6
- Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7
- Nezha stirs up the sea HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Leizu and the silkworm HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Fighting battles on paper HSK 7–9 · Level 8
- Neither wind and rain nor sunshine HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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).