为 了

wèile

prepositionHSK 3

“For” in Chinese is 为了 (wèile).

Meaning

for; for the purpose of; in order to

Example

他结婚是为了钱。

He married for money.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

wèiHSK 24 strokesas (in the capacity of)leHSK 12 strokes(completed action marker)

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