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Mythic Mandarin

因为 (yīn wèi): meaning and stroke order

因为 (yīn wèi) means because, owing to, on account of.

因为

Simplified
因为
Traditional
因為
Pinyin
yīn wèi

Stroke order of 因为

因

  • yīn old variant of 因[yin1]
  • yīn cause; reason
  • 6 strokes
  • Traditional form: 囙

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

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 因为

  1. yīn wèi Traditional 因為
    • because
    • owing to
    • on account of

Radicals of the characters

因
Radical 囗 (Kangxi radical 31) · 6 strokes · built from 囗 and 大
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.

因为 in our stories

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  • 一个星期后，他在那家公司上班了。又过了半年，北京那家大公司因为经营问题，裁掉了一半的员工。

    yí gè xīngqī hòu tā zài nà jiā gōngsī shàngbān le yòu guò le bàn nián Běijīng nà jiā dà gōngsī yīnwèi jīngyíng wèntí cáidiào le yíbàn de yuángōng

    A week later he started work there. Six months after that, the big Beijing company, in trouble, laid off half its staff.

    From the story The old man who lost his horse HSK 6

  • 龙王这才害怕起来，连夜去求唐太宗，因为负责行刑的，正是太宗的大臣魏征。

    Lóngwáng zhè cái hàipà qǐlai liányè qù qiú Táng Tàizōng yīnwèi fùzé xíngxíng de zhèngshì Tàizōng de dàchén Wèi Zhēng

    Only then did the Dragon King grow afraid. That very night he went to beg Emperor Taizong for help, for the one charged with the execution was none other than Taizong's minister Wei Zheng.

    From the story The Dragon King of the Jing River HSK 7–9 · Level 7

  • 这个故事叫《乌盆记》，后来被编成了京剧。人们爱听它，不只是因为有鬼，更因为在那个年代，连一个冤魂都相信，只要找到包青天，公道就一定会来。

    zhè gè gùshi jiào Wūpén Jì hòulái bèi biān chéng le jīngjù rénmen ài tīng tā bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yǒu guǐ gèng yīnwèi zài nà gè niándài lián yí gè yuānhún dōu xiāngxìn zhǐyào zhǎodào Bāo Qīngtiān gōngdao jiù yídìng huì lái

    The story is called The Black Basin and was later made into a Beijing opera. People love it not just for the ghost, but because in those days even a wronged spirit believed that if you could reach Bao the Upright, justice would surely come.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Where you learn it

因为 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 2 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.

Stories using 因为

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).