以便
Meaning
yǐbiàn yi3 bian4
- so that
- so as to
- in order to
Example sentences
- jìzhě 记者 xiǎng 想 xiě 写 yī 一 piān 篇 wénzhāng 文章 , yǐbiàn 以便 xīyǐn 吸引 gōngzhòng 公众 duì 对 nà 那 jiàn 件 shìqing 事情 de 的 zhùyì 注意 。The journalist wanted to write an article that would draw public attention to the issue.
Words sharing a character
- 可以 kěyǐ can
- 所以 suǒyǐ therefore
- 以后 yǐhòu after
- 以前 yǐqián before
- 以及 yǐjí as well as
- 以为 yǐwéi to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
- 以来 yǐlái since (a previous event)
- 难以 nányǐ hard to (predict, imagine etc)
- 以下 yǐxià that level or lower
- 以上 yǐshàng that level or higher