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以為
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See also: 以为
Chinese
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: yǐwéi
- Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: yǐwéi
- Wade–Giles: i3-wei2
- Yale: yǐ-wéi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiwei
- Palladius: ивэй (ivɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Jyutping: ji5 wai4
- Yale: yíh wàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: ji5 wai4
- Guangdong Romanization: yi5 wei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /jiː¹³ wɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)+
- Hakka
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-ûi
- Tâi-lô: í-uî
- Phofsit Daibuun: yuii
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui²³/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /i⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ui²⁴/
- IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: í-ūi
- Tâi-lô: í-uī
- Phofsit Daibuun: yui
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui²²/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /i⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
- IPA (Taipei): /i⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: in2 ui5
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: íⁿ ûi
- Sinological IPA (key): /ĩ⁵²⁻³⁵ ui⁵⁵/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Middle Chinese: yiX hjwe
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ləʔ ɢʷ(r)aj/
- (Zhengzhang): /*lɯʔ ɢʷal/
Verb
以為
- to mistakenly believe; to be under the impression; to have thought that; to assume
- 我仲以為係乜嘢新技術添，原來係十年前嘅嘢。 [Cantonese, trad.]
- ngo5 zung6 ji5 wai4 hai6 mat1 je5 san1 gei6 seot6 tim1, jyun4 loi4 hai6 sap6 nin4 cin4 ge3 je5. [Jyutping]
- I seriously was wondering what on earth this is, maybe some new technology, but no, it's just something from 10 years ago.
我仲以为系乜嘢新技术添，原来系十年前嘅嘢。 [Cantonese, simp.]
- (formal or literary) to believe; to regard
- 雖有祭祀，神道不以為重，獨以巫人神祀為重。若非神祀，魂靈安得一飽乎？ [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: c. 1700, 任埅 (Im Bang), 《天倪錄》
- Su yu jesa, sindo bul iwi jung, dok i sinsa wi jung. Yak bi sinsa, hollyeong andeuk il po ho? [Sino-Korean]
- Although there are [Confucian] sacrifices, the spirits do not regard this as important; they only consider the divine rituals of shamans to be important. If there were no shamanic rituals, how could the spirits ever satisfy their appetites?
- 我以為一部理想的詞典應該具備下列三條件： [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1930, 王雲五 (Wang Yun-wu), 《〈王雲五大辭典〉序》 (Preface to the Wang Yun-wu Da Cidian)
- Wǒ yǐwéi yī bù lǐxiǎng de cídiǎn yīnggāi jùbèi xiàliè sān tiáojiàn: [Pinyin]
- I think that an ideal dictionary should meet the following three requirements:
我以为一部理想的词典应该具备下列三条件： [MSC, simp.]
- (literary) to serve as
- 我們必須逐步地建設一批規模大的現代化的企業以為骨幹，沒有這個骨幹就不能使我國在幾十年內變為現代化的工業強國。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1957, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《關於正確處理人民內部矛盾的問題》 (On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Wǒmen bìxū zhúbù de jiànshè yī pī guīmó dà de xiàndàihuà de qǐyè yǐwéi gǔgàn, méiyǒu zhège gǔgàn jiù bùnéng shǐ wǒguó zài jǐshí nián nèi biànwéi xiàndàihuà de gōngyè qiángguó. [Pinyin]
- We must build up a number of large-scale modern enterprises step by step to form the mainstay of our industry, without which we shall not be able to turn China into a powerful modern industrial country within the coming decades.
我们必须逐步地建设一批规模大的现代化的企业以为骨干，没有这个骨干就不能使我国在几十年内变为现代化的工业强国。 [MSC, simp.]
Synonyms
- (to mistakenly believe): 當是／当是 (dāngshì), (Hakka) 恅著／恅着, (Hokkien) 掠準／掠准 (lia̍h-chún), (Hokkien) 叫是, (Northern Wu) 當仔／当仔, (Northern Wu) 道是, (Northern Wu) 殼張／壳张
- (to believe):
- (to serve as): 用為／用为, 用作 (yòngzuò)
Derived terms
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