以 in English
- to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)
Stroke order
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 15 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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“以前我们没在哪儿见过吗？”学生问道。
"Haven't we met somewhere before?" asked the student.
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“我可不可以用你的笔？” “嗯，可以。”
"May I use your pencil?" "Yes, you may."
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“我可以用电话吗？”“请便。”
"May I use the phone?" "Please feel free."
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“汤姆，我得告诉你点事。我爱某个人。他的名字以T开头以M结尾。”“呃，那能是谁？我认识吗？
"Tom, I have to tell you something. I love someone. His name starts with T and ends with M." "Er, who would that be? Is it someone I know?"
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FSI人员：“长官，有一个网站，任何人都可以加上一个外国语言的句子！“。FSI主席：“什么？ 炸掉他们！“。
FSI officer: "Sir, there is a website where ANYONE can add a sentence in a foreign language!". FSI president: "What?! Bomb them!".
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Meier先生以为Neumann一家去度假了。
Mr. Meier thought the Neumann family was away on vacation.
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一个经验丰富的律师会以其它方法来处理这个情形的。
A more experienced lawyer would have dealt with the case in a different way.
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一开始，我以为他病了。
At first I thought it was sick.