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We often have mistaken beliefs about various topics. With this article, we learn how to express them in Chinese!
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* [[#Structure|1 Structure]] * [[#Examples|2 Examples]] * [[#See_also|3 See also]] * [[#Sources_and_further_reading|4 Sources and further reading]] ** [[#Books|4.1 Books]]
== Structure == In English, the verb "to think" can imply that the belief is incorrect, e.g. in "I thought it was legal here." Chinese has a specific verb for this kind of mistaken belief: 以为 (yǐwéi). Literally these two characters mean "take to be," i.e. someone takes one thing to be something else.
Subj. + 以为 ⋯⋯
The phrase will be a whole new statement that is actually incorrect. == Examples ==
* 我 ''以为'' 他 是 英国 人 。Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' tā shì Yīngguó rén.I thought he was British. * 我们 ''以为'' 你 不 在 家 。Wǒmen ''yǐwéi'' nǐ bù zài jiā .We thought you weren't at home. * 同事 们 都 ''以为'' 我 二十 岁 。Tóngshì men dōu ''yǐwéi'' wǒ èrshí suì.My colleagues all thought I was twenty. * 我们 都 ''以为'' 你 生气 了 。Wǒmen dōu ''yǐwéi'' nǐ shēngqì le.We all thought you were angry. * 老师 ''以为'' 学生 都 听懂 了 。Lǎoshī ''yǐwéi'' xuéshēng dōu tīngdǒng le.The teacher thought all the students understood. * 大家 都 ''以为'' 他 是 大 老板 。Dàjiā dōu ''yǐwéi'' tā shì dà lǎobǎn.Everybody thought he was the big boss. * 她 是 你 外婆 ？我 ''以为'' 是 你 妈妈 。Tā shì nǐ wàipó? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' shì nǐ māma.She's your grandma? I thought she was your mother. * 你 去 吃 四川 火锅 了 ？我 ''以为'' 你 不 爱 吃 辣 。Nǐ qù chī Sìchuān huǒguō le? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' nǐ bù ài chī là.You went to eat Sichuan hotpot? I thought you don't like eating spicy food. * 你们 分手 了 ？我 ''以为'' 你们 还 在一起 。Nǐmen fēnshǒu le? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' nǐmen hái zài yīqǐ.You guys broke up? I thought you were still together. * 我 看到 那 张 照片 ，''以为'' 你 有 男朋友 了 。 Wǒ kàndào nà zhāng zhàopiàn, ''yǐwéi'' nǐ yǒu nánpéngyou le.I saw that picture and I thought you had a boyfriend.
== See also == * [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Result_complement_%22-cuo%22 Result complement "-cuo"] == Sources and further reading == === Books === * [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Short-term_Spoken_Chinese:_Elementary_(%E6%B1%89%E8%AF%AD%E5%8F%A3%E8%AF%AD%E9%80%9F%E6%88%90%E5%9F%BA%E7%A1%80%E7%AF%87) Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇)] (pp. 106) [ →buy] * [https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Contemporary_Chinese_4_(%E5%BD%93%E4%BB%A3%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%874) Contemporary Chinese 4 (当代中文4)] (pp. 31) [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/7800529371/ref%3das_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=7800529371 →buy]

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