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人为

rén wéi

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 人為

人为 (rén wéi) means "artificial". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 人为 means

1. artificial
2. man-made
3. having human cause or origin
4. human attempt or effort

The characters in 人为

• 人rénperson; people
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as

Words starting with 人为

• 人为土rén wéi tǔanthrosol (soil taxonomy)
• 人为刀俎，我为鱼肉rén wéi dāo zǔ , wǒ wéi yú ròu(lit.) to be the meat on sb's chopping block (idiom); (fig.) to be at sb's mercy
• 人为财死，鸟为食亡rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wánglit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)…

Words containing 人为

• 以人为本yǐ rén wéi běnpeople-oriented
• 助人为乐zhù rén wéi lèpleasure from helping others (idiom)
• 与人为善yǔ rén wéi shànto be of service to others; to help others; benevolent
• 事在人为shì zài rén wéithe matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort…

Where 人为 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · rén–rèn (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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