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以为yǐwéito think (mistakenly)

Theme
Grammar
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
8
Characters
2

How 以为 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

以 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
为 — 4 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a practice sheet with 以为

Examples

我以为你不来了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ bù lái le.

I thought you weren't coming.

  • 我wǒI
  • 以为yǐwéito think (mistakenly)
  • 你nǐyou
  • 不bùno
  • 来láito come
  • 了lecompleted action marker

我以为今天是星期六。

Wǒ yǐwéi jīntiān shì xīngqī liù.

I thought today was Saturday.

  • 我wǒI
  • 以为yǐwéito think (mistakenly)
  • 今天jīntiāntoday
  • 是shìto be
  • 星期xīngqīweek
  • 六liùsix

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 可以kěyǐcan
  • 所以
  • 因为yīnwèibecause