"為此" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [Chinese]

IPA: /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/, /wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/, /ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ Chinese transliterations: wèicǐ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄨㄟˋ ㄘˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], wai⁶ ci² [Cantonese, Jyutping], ⁶we-tshy, wèicǐ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], wèicǐh [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], wei⁴-tzʻŭ³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], wèi-tsž [Mandarin, Yale], weytsyy [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], вэйцы [Mandarin, Palladius], vɛjcy [Mandarin, Palladius], waih chí [Cantonese, Yale], wai⁶ tsi² [Cantonese, Pinyin], wei⁶ qi² [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], ⁶we-tshy [Wu], we^去 tshy [Wu], ³hhue-tshr [Wu], /ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/ [Wu]
Head templates: {{head|zh|adverb}} 為此
  1. because of this; for this reason; to this end
    Sense id: en-為此-zh-adv-NNVgwym0 Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 72 28
  2. (dialectal Wu, including Shanghainese) Used to express strong evidentiality for the occurrence of an event. Tags: Wu, dialectal
    Sense id: en-為此-zh-adv-w8~-UqCf Categories (other): Shanghainese Wu, Wu Chinese
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 乃末 (Shanghainese), 以故 (yǐgù) [Classical-Chinese], 以是 (yǐshì) [Classical-Chinese], 因此 (yīncǐ), 因而 (yīn'ér), 從而 (cóng'ér), 从而 (cóng'ér), 所以, () [literary], 故此 (gùcǐ), 故而 (gù'ér), 於是 (yúshì), 于是 (yúshì), 於是乎 (yúshìhū) [literary], 于是乎 (yúshìhū) [literary], 是以 (shìyǐ) [literary], 是故 (shìgù) [literary], 此以 (cǐyǐ) [literary]

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  "lang_code": "zh",
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          "english": "I'll say! / Exactly! / That's what I'm talking about!",
          "ref": "為此講呀。 [Shanghainese, trad.]",
          "text": "为此讲呀。 [Shanghainese, simp.]\n⁶we-tshy ⁵kaon-ia [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You see how the team leader's having an intervention for you now, and all just because you didn't show up to the meeting!",
          "ref": "為此儂開會勿去,隊長拉批評儂。 [Northern Wu, trad.]",
          "text": "为此侬开会勿去,队长拉批评侬。 [Northern Wu, simp.]\nFrom: 2013, Zhu Bannong, 莘莊方言",
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      "zh-pron": "wèicǐ"
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      "tags": [
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        "bopomofo"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄘˇ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh-pron": "wai⁶ ci²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶we-tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèicǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèicǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-tzʻŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-tsž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weytsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйцы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjcy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waih chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁶ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
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    {
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶we-tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "we^去 tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhue-tshr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "word": "乃末"
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      "roman": "yǐgù",
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      "word": "以故"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yǐshì",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "以是"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīncǐ",
      "word": "因此"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yīn'ér",
      "word": "因而"
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      "roman": "cóng'ér",
      "word": "從而"
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      "roman": "cóng'ér",
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      "word": "所以"
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      "roman": "yúshì",
      "word": "於是"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yúshì",
      "word": "于是"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "yúshìhū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
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      "word": "於是乎"
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        "literary"
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      "word": "于是乎"
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        "literary"
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      "word": "是以"
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        "literary"
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      "word": "是故"
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        "literary"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "because of this; for this reason; to this end"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "because",
          "because"
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        [
          "reason",
          "reason"
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          "to this end",
          "to this end"
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        "Wu terms with quotations",
        "Wu terms with usage examples"
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          "english": "I'll say! / Exactly! / That's what I'm talking about!",
          "ref": "為此講呀。 [Shanghainese, trad.]",
          "text": "为此讲呀。 [Shanghainese, simp.]\n⁶we-tshy ⁵kaon-ia [Wugniu]",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You see how the team leader's having an intervention for you now, and all just because you didn't show up to the meeting!",
          "ref": "為此儂開會勿去,隊長拉批評儂。 [Northern Wu, trad.]",
          "text": "为此侬开会勿去,队长拉批评侬。 [Northern Wu, simp.]\nFrom: 2013, Zhu Bannong, 莘莊方言",
          "type": "example"
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        "Used to express strong evidentiality for the occurrence of an event."
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        "(dialectal Wu, including Shanghainese) Used to express strong evidentiality for the occurrence of an event."
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèicǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄨㄟˋ ㄘˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶ ci²"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶we-tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèicǐ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèicǐh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁴-tzʻŭ³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wèi-tsž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "weytsyy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "вэйцы"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "vɛjcy"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "waih chí"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wai⁶ tsi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "wei⁶ qi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶we-tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "we^去 tshy"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hhue-tshr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/weɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/wɐi̯²² t͡sʰiː³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦue²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "Shanghainese",
      "word": "乃末"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐgù",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "以故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐshì",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "以是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīncǐ",
      "word": "因此"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yīn'ér",
      "word": "因而"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóng'ér",
      "word": "從而"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cóng'ér",
      "word": "从而"
    },
    {
      "word": "所以"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gùcǐ",
      "word": "故此"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gù'ér",
      "word": "故而"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yúshì",
      "word": "於是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yúshì",
      "word": "于是"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yúshìhū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "於是乎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yúshìhū",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "于是乎"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìyǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "是以"
    },
    {
      "roman": "shìgù",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "是故"
    },
    {
      "roman": "cǐyǐ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "此以"
    }
  ],
  "word": "為此"
}

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