以

yǐ

by means of; according to

prepositionalso conjunctionHSK 3.0 word list · Band 5trad. 㕥
Dictionary entry

with; by means of; according to; in order to

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以

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他以自己的方式做事。

Tā yǐ zìjǐ de fāngshì zuò shì.

English

He does things his own way.

考试以分数为标准。

Kǎoshì yǐ fēnshù wéi biāozhǔn.

English

Exams use scores as the standard.

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