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  <p><span style="color: rgb(139, 0, 0); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 22px;">为了</span> (<span class="pinyin">wèile</span>) is most often used to indicate the <b>purpose</b> of an action, or the <b>person that will benefi</b>t from some act of kindness. In the "<b>purpose</b>" sense, it corresponds pretty well to "<b>in order to</b>" or "<b>for the purpose of</b>" in English.</p>

  <h2 id="为了-as-a-preposition"><span class="hanzist">为了</span> as a preposition</h2>

  <p>When <span class="hanzi">为了</span> indicates the purpose of an action, it's usually acting as a <a href="preposition" class="uri" title="wikilink">preposition</a>. In this role, the whole "<span class="hanzi">为了</span> phrase" should come before the verb.</p>

  <p>Note also that <span class="hanzi">为了</span> is a single word; the <span class="hanzi">了</span> here is not serving its role as a particle in this case.</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

  <ol>
    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

    <ol>
      <li>Books<br/></li>
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  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

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    <div class="deux">
      <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">为了</span>+ [Purpose]，Subject + Predicate
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  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">为了 钱 ， 他 出卖 了 朋友 。</span> <span class="vert">money is the purpose</span><span class="pinyin"> Wèile qián, tā chūmài le péngyou.</span><br/><span> He betrayed his friends for money.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">为了 给 他 太太 庆祝生日，他 办 了 一 个 盛大的 派对 。</span> <span class="vert">the wife benefits</span><span class="pinyin">Wèile gěi tā tàitài qìngzhù shēngrì, tā bàn le yī gè shèngdà de pàiduì.</span><br/><span> He threw a grand party to celebrate his wife's birthday.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">为了 有 一个 好 的 未来， 我 必须 好好 学习 。</span> <span class="vert">having a good future is the purpose</span><span class="pinyin"> Wèile yǒu yī gè hǎo de wèilái, wǒ bìxū hǎo hào xuéxí.</span><br/><span> In order to have a good future, I have to study hard.</span></li>

      <li><span class="vert"><span class="hanzi">为了 让 自己 有 更好 的 语言 环境， 我 打算 去 中国 留学 一年。</span> having a better language-learning environment is the purpose</span><span class="pinyin"> Wèile ràng zìjǐ yǒu gèng hǎo de yǔyán huánjìng, wǒ dǎsuàn qù zhōngguó liúxué yī nián.</span><br/><span> In order to have a better language-learning environment, I plan to go to study in China for 1 year.</span></li>

      <li><span class="vert"><span class="hanzi">为了 让 孩子 一 生下来 就 是 美国人，中国 很多 有钱人 都 在 美国 生孩子。</span> for their kids to become an American citizen as soon as they're born is the purpose</span><span class="pinyin"> Wèile ràng háizi yīshēng xiàlái jiùshì Měiguó rén, Zhōngguó hěn duō yǒuqiánrén dōu zài Měiguó shēng háizi.</span><br/><span> In order to make their child an American citizen, a lot of rich Chinese people stay in the United States during their pregnancy.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="为了-after-是"><span class="hanzist">为了</span> after <span class="hanzist">是</span></h2>

  <p>Sometimes you will see <span class="hanzi">为了</span> coming after <span class="hanzi">是</span>. In this case, it often goes with <a href="Stating_the_effect_before_the_cause" title="wikilink">之所以</a> (a more difficult pattern, not explored here), which means "the reason why" in a more formal way.</p>

  <h3 id="structure-1">Structure</h3>

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    <div class="deux">
      <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">⋯⋯是 + 为了</span> + Purpose / Reason
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  <h3 id="example">Example</h3>

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    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">我 这么做 是 为了 给 你 一个 更好 的 未来。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ (zhīsuǒyǐ) zhème zuò shì wèile gěi nǐ yī gè gèng hǎo de weìlái.</span><br/><span> The reason I did all this was to give you a better future.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">我 离开 中国 是 为了 去 美国 结婚 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ (zhīsuǒyǐ) líkāi zhōngguó shì wèile qù Měiguó jiéhūn.</span><br/><span> The reason I left China was to go to the United States to get married.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">他俩 一直 不要 孩子 是 为了 多 点 时间 享受 二人世界 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tā liǎ (zhīsuǒyǐ) yīzhí bùyào háizi shì wèile duō diǎn shíjiān xiǎngshòu èrrénshìjiè.</span><br/><span> The reason they don't want to have kids is so they can spend more time with each other.</span></li>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="&quot;For&quot;_with_&quot;wei&quot;" title="wikilink">"For" with "wei"</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and further reading</h2>

  <h3 id="podcasts">Podcasts</h3>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="http://chinesepod.com/lessons/%E4%B8%BA-and-%E4%B8%BA%E4%BA%86">Chinesepod Qingwen 为 and 为了</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h3 id="books">Books</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>Home With Kids1 (<span class="hanzi">家有儿女1</span>) (p.32)</li>

    <li>New Practical Chinese Reader 4 (<span class="hanzi">新实用汉语课本4</span>) (p. 40)</li>

    <li><span class="hanzi">卓越汉语－公司实战篇</span> (p. 12)</li>
  </ul>

  <h3 id="websites">Websites</h3>

  <ul>
    <li>Yale Chinese Usage Dictionary: <a href="http://comet.cls.yale.edu/chineseusagedictionary/0236.html">Uses of 为 and 为了</a></li>
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