We Japanese live on rice.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
为主
to rely mainly on
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to rely mainly on
02
to attach most importance to
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 为主 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 为主 appears in 6 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Most Japanese live on rice.
In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 为主.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 为主.
Directly before
- 米饭为主3
- 面食为主2
- 绵为主1
- 紫色为主1
- 大米为主1
Directly after
- 为主食6
- 为主色1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 为主
What does 为主 mean in Chinese?
为主 (wéizhǔ) means to rely mainly on.
How do you pronounce 为主?
为主 is pronounced wéizhǔ.
Is 为主 an HSK word?
为主 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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