颇为 meaning in English

pōwéi

rather; quite

Traditional 頗為15 strokes

Meaning of 颇为

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

pōwéi
  1. rather
  2. quite

颇为 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

医yī学xué的de最zuì新xīn进jìn展zhǎn颇pǒ为wèi显xiǎn著zhù。
The recent advances in medicine are remarkable.
汤tāng姆mǔ好hǎo像xiàng颇pǒ为wèi忙máng,对duì不bú对duì?
Tom seemed quite busy, didn't he?
这zhè一yī切qiè在zài我wǒ看kàn来lái都dōu颇pǒ为wèi荒huāng唐táng。
I think that this is all quite absurd.
这zhè件jiàn物wù件jiàn的de表biǎo面miàn颇pǒ为wèi粗cū糙cāo。
The surface of the object is fairly rough.

Stroke order for each character

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颇 pō · rather · 11 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11

为 wèi · because of · 4 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

Related words

Words that share a character with 颇为.

为什么wèi shénmewhy?; for what reason?
因为yīnwèibecause; owing to; on account of
认为rènwéito believe; to think; to consider; to feel
以为yǐwéito think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless refe
成为chéngwéito become; to turn into
行为xíngwéiaction; conduct; behavior; activity
为了wèilefor; for the purpose of; in order to
称为chēngwéito be called; to be known as; to call it "..."
变为biànwéito change into
作为zuòwéione's conduct; deed
列为lièwéito be classified as
分为fēnwéito divide sth into (parts); to subdivide

Questions about 颇为

What does 颇为 mean?

颇为 (pōwéi) means "rather; quite".

How do you write 颇为?

颇为 is made of 2 characters: 颇 (11 strokes), 为 (4 strokes). That is 15 strokes in total.

How is 颇为 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 颇为 is written 頗為.