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  wai6 wai4   jyutping
  wei2 wei4   pinyin
[1] [v] do; act [2] [v] manage; handle; govern; exercise; administer [3] [v] serve as [4] [v] become [5] [v] be

Variant:
verb
Stroke count: 12
Level: 3
Radical: (#87)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
爲 / 为
This character was added by sheik on and last edited on 18th Jul 2009 05:25

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detail  wai6 hau2 ban1 ci4   = to work hard to make a living
detail  wai6 sik6 maau1   = a greedy or gluttonous child
detail  wai6 sik6 gwai2   = a greedy or gluttonous person
detail  wai6 sik6   = greedy, gluttonous; a glutton
detail  jan1 wai6  yin1 wei4 = because
detail  wai6 jan1   = because
detail  zo2 jau6 wai4 naan4  zuo3 you4 wei2 nan2 = in a difficult situation dilemma, between the devil and the deep blue sea
detail  taan3 wai4 gun1 zi2  tan4 wei2 guan1 zhi3 = acclaim something (e.g. a work of art) as the acme of perfection
detail  fung6 wai4 gwai1 jit6  feng4 wei2 gui1 nie4 = look up to as the standard
detail  bou6 bou6 wai4 jing4  bu4 bu4 wei2 ying2 = advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step

Showing all 4 examples containing 爲
detail 家庭朋友不怕忍辱負重
He is unafraid to go through humiliation for the sake of family and friends.
detail 要人不知除非
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.
detail 目前金融海嘯可能黃金復興契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.
detail 因爲被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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: This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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