behave as in Chinese

为為

HSK 3.0 · Level 2

wéi

as (in the capacity of)
to take sth as
to act as
to serve as
to behave as
to become
to be
to do
by (in the passive voice)

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Example sentences

wǒmen 我们 xuǎn 选 tā 她 wéi 为 wǒmen 我们 duì 队 de 的 duìzhǎng 队长。

We elected her captain of our team.
gàosu 告诉 wǒ 我 nǐ 你 wèi 为 zěnme 怎么 yào 要 zhèyàng 这样 zuò 做。

Give me a reason for doing such a thing.

1 entry in ChineseDict lists "behave as" as a meaning.