Back to Dictionary
喂
wèi
1. hey
2. to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
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 (1)

喂，你在做什么呢？
Wéi, nǐ zài zuò shénme ne?
Hello, what are you doing?
Text 1

Alternate Entries

喂
wéi
hello (when answering the phone)
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