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喂
wéi
1. hello (when answering the phone)
HSK 6 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 12 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

喂
wèi
interjection used to call attention
HSK 1 12 丶

Compound Words (6)

喂奶
wèinǎi
to breast-feed
喂哺
wèibǔ
to feed (a baby)
喂食
wèishí
to feed
喂养
wèiyǎng
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc)
喂母乳
wèimǔrǔ
breast feeding
母乳喂养
mǔrǔwèiyǎng
breast feeding

Example Sentences (4)

喂，李文，你什么时候能到饭店？
Wèi, Lǐ Wén, nǐ shénme shíhou néng dào fàndiàn?
Hello, Li Wen, when can you arrive at the restaurant?
Text 1
喂，你在哪儿呢？
Wèi, nǐ zài nǎr ne?
Hello, where are you?
Text 2
喂， 一飞！
Wèi, Yīfēi!
Hey, Yifei!
Text 3
喂，你好，请问周明在吗？
Wéi, nǐ hǎo, qǐngwèn Zhōu Míng zài ma?
Hello, may I ask if Zhou Ming is there?
Text 2

Alternate Entries

喂
wèi
hey / to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
HSK 6
喂
wèi
variant of [[餵|喂<wèi>]]
HSK 6
喂
wèi
to feed
HSK 6

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
1
Character Frequency Rank
1,987
Word Frequency Rank
381 of 84,292