為

wéi = w + ei2

as (in the capacity of) / to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do / by (in the passive voice)

wèi = w + ei4

because of / for / to

为 = ⺀ + 力 : This one looks like a bird with crazy hair, and when I googled "bird with crazy hair", wow was I amazed how many birds with crazy hair there are! Penguins are birds with crazy hair! So let's use a penguin for this character.

为 = ⺀ + 力 : The crazy hair penguin wants to use the Eiffel Tower's bathroom, but because Willy Walrus just finished it stinks like hell. The first thing crazy hair penguin does is to press the button to release a heap of blossoms to make the air breathable again.

為 character breakdown

The character 為 cannot be broken down into individual components.

Characters with 為 as component

wěi = w + ei3

false / fake / forged / bogus / (prefix) pseudo- / Taiwan pr. [wei4]

伪 = 为 + 亻 : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) went to visit Willy Walrus (w) in the Eiffel Tower (ei3) to buy a bird with crazy hair (为), but she finds out very soon that Willy Walrus just wanted to sell her a fake (伪) one: a regular penguin with a wig.

gui̅ = gu + ei1

surname Gui / name of a river

gui̅ = gu + ei1

name of a river in Shanxi

hui̅ = hu + ei1

to speak falsely or wrongly / ugly

wěi = w + ei3

surname Wei

wéi = w + ei2

place in Henan province

Words with 為

artificial / man-made / having human cause or origin / human attempt or effort

not at all surprising (idiom)

packed with people / overcrowded / overpopulation

not at all surprising (idiom)

the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort / With effort, one can achieve anything.

to learn from history (idiom)

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Look out for yourself, or heaven and earth will combine to destroy you. / Every man for himself, and the Devil take the hindmost.

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lit. to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom) / fig. to be at sb's mercy

anthrosol (soil taxonomy)

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lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom) / fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich

people-oriented

harmony is to be prized

to take caution as the key (idiom); to proceed very carefully

to give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about

not a slave to the bottle / able to enjoy alcohol in moderation / able to hold one's drink

no use to tell others / let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)

to give no cause for anxiety / nothing to worry about

not to be taken as an example / not an example to be followed / not to be taken as authoritative

to be not worth mentioning

mutually related karma (idiom); fates are intertwined / interdependent

Sentences with 為

為 currently does not appear in any sentence.