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*我 <em>以为</em> 他 是 英国 人 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> tā shì Yīngguó rén.</span><span class="trans">I thought he is British.</span> | *我 <em>以为</em> 他 是 英国 人 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> tā shì Yīngguó rén.</span><span class="trans">I thought he is British.</span> | ||
| − | * | + | *我们 <em>以为</em> 只 有 家人 知道 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen <em>yǐwéi</em> zhǐ yǒu zhǐ zhīdào.</span><span class="trans">We thought only family members know.</span> |
| − | * | + | *很多 人 <em>以为</em> 大 城市 什么 都 贵。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> tǔdòu jiùshì hóngshǔ.</span><span class="trans">I thought potato is sweet potato.</span> |
| − | * | + | *所有 人 都 <em>以为</em> 你 才 二十 岁 ！<span class="pinyin">Suǒyǒu rén dōu <em>yǐwéi</em> nǐ cái èrshí suì.</span><span class="trans">Everybody thought you're only twenty.</span> |
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*我 <em>以为</em> 你们 分手 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> nǐmen fēnshǒu le.</span><span class="trans">I thought you guys broke up.</span> | *我 <em>以为</em> 你们 分手 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> nǐmen fēnshǒu le.</span><span class="trans">I thought you guys broke up.</span> | ||
*我们 都 <em>以为</em> 你 生气 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen dōu <em>yǐwéi</em> nǐ shēngqì le.</span><span class="trans">We all thought you were angry.</span> | *我们 都 <em>以为</em> 你 生气 了 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒmen dōu <em>yǐwéi</em> nǐ shēngqì le.</span><span class="trans">We all thought you were angry.</span> | ||
| − | * | + | *老师 <em>以为</em> 学生 都 听懂 了 。<span class="pinyin">Lǎoshī <em>yǐwéi</em> xuéshēng dōu tīngdǒng le.</span><span class="trans">The teacher thought students all understood.</span> |
| − | * | + | *大家 都 <em>以为</em> 他 是 大 老板 。<span class="pinyin">Dàjiā dōu <em>yǐwéi</em> tā shì dà lǎobǎn.</span><span class="trans">Everybody thought he's the big boss.</span> |
| − | *你 | + | *她 是 你 外婆 ？我 <em>以为</em> 是 你 妈妈 。<span class="pinyin">Tā shì nǐ wàipó? Wǒ <em>yǐwéi</em> shì nǐ māma.</span><span class="trans">She's your grandma? I thought she's your mother.</span> |
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Revision as of 08:41, 21 September 2017
We often have mistaken beliefs about various topics. With this article, we learn how to express them in Chinese!
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 。I thought he is British.
- 我们 以为 只 有 家人 知道 。We thought only family members know.
- 很多 人 以为 大 城市 什么 都 贵。I thought potato is sweet potato.
- 所有 人 都 以为 你 才 二十 岁 ！Everybody thought you're only twenty.
- 我 以为 你们 分手 了 。I thought you guys broke up.
- 我们 都 以为 你 生气 了 。We all thought you were angry.
- 老师 以为 学生 都 听懂 了 。The teacher thought students all understood.
- 大家 都 以为 他 是 大 老板 。Everybody thought he's the big boss.
- 她 是 你 外婆 ？我 以为 是 你 妈妈 。She's your grandma? I thought she's your mother.
See also
Sources and further reading
Books
- Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 106) →buy
- Contemporary Chinese 4 (当代中文4) (pp. 31) →buy
