\t\u4e3a\u4e86 (wèile) is most often used to indicate the purpose of an action, or the person that will benefit from some act of kindness. In the "purpose" sense, it corresponds pretty well to "in order to" or "for the purpose of" in English.<\/p>\n
\t\u4e3a\u4e86 as a preposition<\/strong><\/p>\n \tWhen \u4e3a\u4e86 indicates the purpose of an action, it's usually acting as a preposition. In this role, the whole "\u4e3a\u4e86 phrase" should come before the verb.<\/p>\n \tNote also that \u4e3a\u4e86 is a single word; the \u4e86 here is not serving its role as a particle in this case.<\/p>\n \tStructure <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n \tExamples <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n \t\u4e3a\u4e86 as a verb<\/strong><\/p>\n \tOccasionally you will see \u4e3a\u4e86 acting as a verb by itself. In this case, it usually combines with \u662f, and the meaning is not hard to derive: "to be for."<\/p>\n \tStructure <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n \tExample <\/strong> \t<\/p>\n
\t\u4e3a\u4e86 \u94b1 \uff0c \u4ed6 \u51fa\u5356 \u4e86 \u670b\u53cb \u3002 <\/div>\n
\t\u6211\u8fd9\u4e48\u505a \u662f \u4e3a\u4e86 \u4f60 \u3002<\/div>\n