为了

为了 wèile in a sentence

In order to

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 4 sentences

为了 (wèile) means In order to. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

为了 健康,他每天锻炼。

Wèile jiànkāng, tā měi tiān duànliàn.

For the sake of his health, he exercises daily.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 为了

为了 提高汉语水平,他每天都练习。

Wèile tígāo Hànyǔ shuǐpíng, tā měi tiān dōu liànxí.

To improve his Chinese, he practises every day.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 为了

From the graded readers

为了 这次面试,我准备了整整一个星期。

wèile zhècì miàn shì, wǒ zhǔnbèi le / liǎo / liào zhěngzhěng yīgè xīngqī.

I'd prepared for a full week for it.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

为了 一个字,一位八十三岁的老人写了两遍。

wèile yīgè zì, yī wèi bāshí sān suì de / dì lǎorén xiěle liǎng biàn.

For the sake of one character, an eighty-three-year-old had written it out twice.

Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother

Questions about 为了

How is 为了 used in a sentence?

This page shows 4 sentences using 为了 (wèile, "In order to"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 为了 an HSK word?

Yes — 为了 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 为了?

The dictionary page for 为了 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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