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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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== <span id="Structure" class="mw-headline">Structure</span> ==

In English, the verb &quot;to think&quot; can imply that the belief is incorrect, e.g. in &quot;I thought it was legal here.&quot; Chinese has a specific verb for this kind of mistaken belief: 以为 (yǐwéi). Literally these two characters mean &quot;take to be,&quot; i.e. someone takes one thing to be something else.

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Subj. + 以为 ⋯⋯


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* 我 ''以为'' 他 是 英国 人 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' tā shì Yīngguó rén.</span><span class="trans">I thought he was British.</span>
* 我们 ''以为'' 你 不 在 家 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen ''yǐwéi'' nǐ bù zài jiā .</span><span class="trans">We thought you weren't at home.</span>
* 同事 们 都 ''以为'' 我 二十 岁 。<span class="pinyin">Tóngshì men dōu ''yǐwéi'' wǒ èrshí suì.</span><span class="trans">My colleagues all thought I was twenty.</span>
* 我们 都 ''以为'' 你 生气 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen dōu ''yǐwéi'' nǐ shēngqì le.</span><span class="trans">We all thought you were angry.</span>
* 老师 ''以为'' 学生 都 听懂 了 。<span class="pinyin">Lǎoshī ''yǐwéi'' xuéshēng dōu tīngdǒng le.</span><span class="trans">The teacher thought all the students understood.</span>
* 大家 都 ''以为'' 他 是 大 老板 。<span class="pinyin">Dàjiā dōu ''yǐwéi'' tā shì dà lǎobǎn.</span><span class="trans">Everybody thought he was the big boss.</span>
* 她 是 你 外婆 ？我 ''以为'' 是 你 妈妈 。<span class="pinyin">Tā shì nǐ wàipó? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' shì nǐ māma.</span><span class="trans">She's your grandma? I thought she was your mother.</span>
* 你 去 吃 四川 火锅 了 ？我 ''以为'' 你 不 爱 吃 辣 。<span class="pinyin">Nǐ qù chī Sìchuān huǒguō le? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' nǐ bù ài chī là.</span><span class="trans">You went to eat Sichuan hotpot? I thought you don't like eating spicy food.</span>
* 你们 分手 了 ？我 ''以为'' 你们 还 在一起 。<span class="pinyin">Nǐmen fēnshǒu le? Wǒ ''yǐwéi'' nǐmen hái zài yīqǐ.</span><span class="trans">You guys broke up? I thought you were still together.</span>
* 我 看到 那 张 照片 ，''以为'' 你 有 男朋友 了 。 <span class="pinyin">Wǒ kàndào nà zhāng zhàopiàn, ''yǐwéi'' nǐ yǒu nánpéngyou le.</span><span class="trans">I saw that picture and I thought you had a boyfriend.</span>


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