爲 (wai6 wai4 | wei2 wei4) : do; be; become

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爲

wai6 wai4

wei2 wei4

[1] [v] do; act [2] [v] manage; handle; govern; exercise; administer [3] [v] serve as [4] [v] become [5] [v] be

Variant: 為

Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 爪 (#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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爲口奔馳 wai6 hau2 ban1 ci4 = to work hard to make a living

爲食貓 wai6 sik6 maau1 = a greedy or gluttonous child 粵

爲食鬼 wai6 sik6 gwai2 = a greedy or gluttonous person 粵

爲食 wai6 sik6 = greedy, gluttonous; a glutton 粵

因爲 jan1 wai6 yin1 wei4 = because

爲因 wai6 jan1 = because 粵

左右爲難 zo2 jau6 wai4 naan4 zuo3 you4 wei2 nan2 = in a difficult situation dilemma, between the devil and the deep blue sea

歎爲觀止 taan3 wai4 gun1 zi2 tan4 wei2 guan1 zhi3 = acclaim something (e.g. a work of art) as the acme of perfection

奉爲圭臬 fung6 wai4 gwai1 jit6 feng4 wei2 gui1 nie4 = look up to as the standard

步步爲營 bou6 bou6 wai4 jing4 bu4 bu4 wei2 ying2 = advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step

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佢爲家庭朋友不怕忍辱負重粵
He is unafraid to go through humiliation for the sake of family and friends.

若要人不知除非己莫爲
[1] The best way to hide a misdeed is not to commit it. [2] What is done by night appears by day.

目前的金融海嘯可能成爲黃金復興的契機
This economic tsunami could well be the turning point for gold to be fashionable again.

因爲走投無路而被逼賣兒鬻女
Having no other way out, they were forced to sell their children.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 爲
Unicode code for this character: U+7232 (off-site link)

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