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评为 (píng wéi) — to be rated as, to be assessed as, to be selected as (in official contexts)

Definition

评为 (píng wéi) is a formal written verb meaning 'to be rated/selected as' — typically passive (often with 被) and used in official awards, reviews, and rankings, not everyday speech.

verb
to be rated asto be assessed asto be selected as (in official contexts)

Examples

  • 评为。
    Tā de zuò pǐn píng wéi le zuì jiā shè jì jiǎng.
    His work was selected as the best design award.
  • 评为。
    Zhè jiā gōng sī píng wéi háng yè lǐng jūn qǐ yè.
    This company was rated as an industry-leading enterprise.
  • 评为。
    Tā qù nián bèi píng wéi yōu xiù yuán gōng.
    She was assessed as an outstanding employee last year.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

评píngassess
为wèias

'评为' joins '评' assess and '为' as, giving the sense of being rated as something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 評; 评 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yán
Sound part声符shēngfú
平
平píng評píng
Same sound today

The traditional form 評 uses 言 for speech and 平 as a sound part; the simplified 评 is a later shorthand.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 為; 为 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 為 showed a hand holding an elephant; the simplified 为 is a later shorthand.

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