为了

為了
wèile
preposition HSK 3 #220

Meanings

  1. 1 for
  2. 2 in order to

Examples

HSK 1
Wèile xué Zhōngwén, tā qù le Zhōngguó.
In order to learn Chinese, he went to China.
HSK 1
Wǒ wèile nǐ zuò le hěnduō.
I did a lot for you.
HSK 3
Wèile jiànkāng, wǒ měitiān pǎobù.
For my health, I run every day.

Tips

grammar
为了 + purpose/goal, then the action: 为了考试学习很久. The purpose clause usually comes first.
mistakes
is read wèi (4th tone) in 为了, meaning 'for.' Don't confuse with 因为 (because).

Stroke Order

wéi
le