B1 · Grammar reference · ASGQGJXT
Expressing purpose with "weile"
为了 (wèile) is most often used to indicate the purpose of an action or the person that will benefit from some act of kindness. In the "purpose" sense, it almost exactly corresponds to "in order to" or "for the purpose of" in English.
- Keywords
- 为了 · 为 · for · to
- Used for
- Expressing Purpose
- Classification
- HSK3
Examples (10)
为了钱，他什么都愿意做。
为了孩子的未来，他决定搬到上海。
为了这个面试，他买了一套很贵的西服。
为了找灵感，那个作家搬到了农村。
五年前，为了女朋友，他放弃了上海的工作。
为了奖励大家，公司明年带你们去日本旅行。
我这么做是为了帮你。
他做兼职是为了多赚点钱。
你学中文是因为你的中国女朋友吗？
我们之所以反对是因为风险太大。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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