为 (為) wèi

1. wèi preposition for; to
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Cause 原因
   Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 cons; NCCED '为' wèi 2)
2. wèi preposition because of
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 co 1; NCCED '为' wèi 4)
3. wéi verb to act as; to serve
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 2; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 2)
4. wéi verb to change into; to become
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 3; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 3)
5. wéi verb to be; is
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: A copula in literary Chinese (Pulleyblank 1995, p. 20)
6. wéi verb to do
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 1; NCCED 1 '为' wéi 1)
7. wèi preposition for
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   Notes: (NCCED '为' wèi 3)
8. wèi preposition because of; for; to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 爲; A variant of 為｜为 (Unihan '爲')
9. wèi preposition to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '为' wèi 5)
10. wéi preposition in a passive construction
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NCCED 2 '为' wéi)
11. wéi particle forming a rehetorical question
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: (NCCED 3 '为' wéi)
12. wéi suffix forming an adverb
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: After a single character adjective (ABC 'wéi' 为 s 1; NCCED 4 '为' wéi 1)
13. wéi suffix to add emphasis
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: After a single character adjective (ABC 'wéi' 为 s 2; NCCED 4 '为' wéi 1)
14. wèi verb to support; to help
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'wèi' 为 v 1; NCCED '为' wèi 1)
15. wéi verb to govern
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (ABC 'wéi' 为 v 4)

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• 为政(為政) for governing
• 中国为礼(中國為禮) the Central States should perform the appropriate ceremonies
• 为重(為重) to attach most importance to
• 行为能力(行為能力) capacity; capacity of disposition
• 不为人知(不為人知) not known to anyone; secret; unknown
• 叹为观止(嘆為觀止) to gasp in amazement; to acclaim as the peak of perfection
• 为难(為難) to make things difficult for ; to be embarrassed about
• 无以为生(無以為生) no way to get by
• 何乐不为(何樂不為) why be willing to do something?
• 为准(為準) to serve as the norm; ...shall prevail (as standard for rules, regulations, price etc)
• 走为上策(走為上策) a plan if all else fails; a plan for retreat
• 转败为胜(轉敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory; snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
• 互为因果(互為因果) mutually related karma; fates are intertwined; interdependent
• 所作所为(所作所為) a person's actions and conduct; all of a person's deeds
• 正当行为(正當行為) proper behavior
• 士为知己者死，女为悦己者容(士為知己者死，女為悅己者容) a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
• 犹未为晚(猶未為晚) it is not too late
• 年轻有为(年輕有為) young and promising
• 转危为安(轉危為安) to turn peril into safety; to avert a danger
• 为富不仁，为仁不富(為富不仁，為仁不富) the benevolent man cannot be rich and vice versa (idiom, from Mencius). It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19:24).
• 舍己为人(捨己為人) to abandon self for others; to sacrifice one's own interest for other people
• 宽大为怀(寬大為懷) magnanimous ; generous
• 敢作敢为(敢作敢為) to stop at nothing ; to dare to do anything
• 吃得苦中苦，方为人上人(吃得苦中苦，方為人上人) one cannot achieve glory and wealth without having been through trials and tribulations
• 慈悲为本(慈悲為本) mercy as the guiding principle; the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion
• 善自为谋(善自為謀) to be good at working for one's own profit
• 昔为倡家女(昔為倡家女) once she was a dancing-house girl
• 以慎为键(以慎為鍵) to take caution as the key; to proceed very carefully
• 奉为楷模(奉為楷模) to present as an example
• 莫大于无为(莫大於無為) there is nothing greater than nonaction
• 不以为意(不以為意) not to mind; unconcerned
• 以人为本(以人為本) people-oriented
• 为所欲为(為所欲為) to do whatever one desires
• 合众为一(合眾為一) united as one; e pluribus unum
• 记为(記為) denoted by
• 天下为一(天下為一) to unite the nation
• 无以为报(無以為報) unable to return the favor
• 混为一谈(混為一談) to confuse one thing with another; to muddle
• 一分为二(一分為二) to divide one into two; there are two sides to everything
• 行为主义(行為主義) behaviorism
• 曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云(曾經滄海難為水，除卻巫山不是雲) there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu
• 变为(變為) to change into; to become
• 废为君长(廢爲君長) reduced to tribal chiefs
• 户限为穿(戶限為穿) an endless stream of visitors
• 事在人为(事在人為) the matter depends on the individual; it is a matter for your own effort; With effort, one can achieve anything.
• 先睹为快(先睹為快) joy of first experience; the pleasure of reading something for the first time
• 行为准则(行為準則) code of conduct; standard of conduct
• 指鹿为马(指鹿為馬) making a deer out to be a horse; deliberate misrepresentation

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• 卷十七下 本紀第十七下: 文宗下 Volume 17 Annals 17: Wenzong 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 351
• 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 349
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 334
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 323
• 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 317
• 卷四十二 志第二十二: 職官一 Volume 42 Treatises 22: Government Service 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 301
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• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 297