# 以为 (yǐwéi)

In Mandarin Chinese, 以为 (yǐwéi) means “to think; to assume wrongly”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to think; to assume wrongly
- Pinyin: yǐwéi (yi3 wei2)
- Traditional: 以為
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4

## Examples

- 我以为今天不会下雨。
  Wǒ yǐwéi jīntiān bù huì xiàyǔ.
  I mistakenly thought it wouldn't rain today.

## Characters

- [以](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-with-by-means/) (yǐ): (prep.) with, by means of; in order to
- [为](https://hanziro.com/word/wei-because/) (wèi): for; because of

https://hanziro.com/word/yi-wei-think/

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