為
wèiwéi HSK2

do

为 為 wèi frequency
variant 爲
for preposition
for; because of; in order to; for the sake of; used to indicate the purpose or recipient of an action

我为你母亲感到难过。

wǒ wèi nǐ mǔ​qīn gǎn dào nán​guò.

I feel sorry for your mother.

大家都为彼此很开心。

dà​jiā dōu wèi bǐ​cǐ hěn kāi xīn.

Everyone is so happy for each other.

to support
(literary) to stand for; to support; to help
为 為 wéi
variant 爲
to be verbpreposition
to be; to become; to act as; to serve as; to take as

电影长度为81分钟。

diàn​yǐng cháng​dù wéi81 fēn​zhōng.

The film is 81 minutes long.

大部分志愿者为大学生。

dà​bù​fen zhì​yuàn​zhě wéi dà​xué​shēng.

Most of the volunteers are university students.

to do verb
to do; to make; to act; to govern; to manage
[adverbial suffix] adverb
(bound form) Added to single-syllable adjectives or adverbs to form an adverb or to act as an intensifier.
[passive] preposition
Used to introduce the person or thing performing an action, meaning "by"; often used in the 为...所 wéi... suǒ pattern.
surname
a Chinese surname

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Frequency
Character
Written text
18th most common 5369.6 per million
Movie subtitles
27th most common 5320.8 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
1358.3 per million appears in 98% of films
Written text
3049.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 3
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Simplified
为
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+70BA

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)