以为 yǐwéi in a sentence
Thought (to believe - consider erroneously)
以为 (yǐwéi) means Thought (to believe - consider erroneously). Below are 3 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.
From the graded readers
我 以为 自己可以坚持下去。
wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěyǐ jiānchí xiàqu.
I thought I could keep it up.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
我 以为 这样大家会喜欢我。
wǒ yǐwéi zhèyàng dàjiā huì xǐhuan wǒ.
I thought people would like me for it.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
走出大楼的时候，我 以为 自己肯定没有机会了。
zǒu chū dà lóu de / dì shíhou, wǒ yǐwéi zìjǐ kěndìng méiyǒu jīhuì le / liǎo / liào.
Walking out of the building, I was sure I'd blown it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
Questions about 以为
How is 以为 used in a sentence?
This page shows 3 sentences using 以为 (yǐwéi, "Thought (to believe - consider erroneously)"), 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 以为 an HSK word?
Yes — 以为 is on the official HSK 4 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 4 page.
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The dictionary page for 以为 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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