喂 (wéi): hello (when answering the phone), hey, to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
喂 (wéi) is a Chinese character meaning “hello (when answering the phone).” Classified as HSK Level 1 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 畏 (phonetic). It ranks #1961 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 喂 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- hello (when answering the phone)
- hey
- to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 喂养 | wèi yǎng | to feed (a child, domestic animal etc) |
| 喂奶 | wèi nǎi | to breast-feed |
| 良心喂狗 | liáng xīn wèi gǒu | to have fed one's conscience to the dogs (idiom) |
| 喂料 | wèi liào | to feed (also fig.) |
| 投喂 | tóu wèi | to feed (an animal) |
| 喂食 | wèi shí | to feed |
| 母乳喂养 | mǔ rǔ wèi yǎng | breastfeeding |
| 喂母乳 | wèi mǔ rǔ | breastfeeding |
| 喂哺 | wèi bǔ | to feed (a baby) |
喂 appears in 9 compound words: 67 as the first character, 11 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 喂 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
他喂才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā wéi cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gě chū sè de lǜ shī .
He's quite the charmer, a smooth talker, and an outstanding lawyer.
孕妇一边喂奶一边做dna的准确率受体重影响吗?肥胖...
yùn fù yī biān wéi nǎi yī biān zuò d n a de zhǔn què lǜ shòu tǐ chóng yǐng xiǎng ma ? féi pàng . . .
Is the accuracy of DNA done while breastfeeding affected by weight? Obesity...
孕妇一边喂奶一边做dna的准确率高吗?无创产前检测...
yùn fù yī biān wéi nǎi yī biān zuò d n a de zhǔn què lǜ gāo ma ? wú chuàng chǎn qián jiǎn cè . . .
Is it high for pregnant women to do DNA while breastfeeding? Non-invasive prenatal testing...
赛前练打陈伟殷亲喂 费仔曝看他投球长大
sài qián liàn dǎ chén wěi yīn qīn wéi fèi zǐ pù kàn tā tóu qiú cháng dà
Before the game, Chen Weiyin personally fed Fei Zai exposed that he grew up pitching
服务质量参差不齐,上门喂养宠物服务该如何规范
fú wù zhì liàng cān chā bù qí , shàng mén wéi yǎng chǒng wù fú wù gāi rú hé guī fàn
The quality of service is uneven, and how to standardize door-to-door pet feeding services
人妻二宝妈激战小王!狂喊“想边喂奶边被X” 工程师夫崩溃提告
rén qī èr bǎo mā jī zhàn xiǎo wáng ! kuáng hǎn xiǎng biān wéi nǎi biān bèi X gōng chéng shī fū bēng kuì tí gào
The second mother of the wife fought fiercely with Xiao Wang! Shouting "I want to breastfeed while being X" The engineer collapsed and sued
你今天早上喂过狗了吗？
Nǐ jīntiān zǎoshang wèi guo gǒu le ma?
Did you feed the dog this morning?
喂，请问现在能给我马上送一叠稿子吗？
Wèi, qǐngwèn xiànzài néng gěi wǒ mǎshàng sòng yī dié gǎozi ma?
Hey, could you send over a stack of manuscripts straight away?
喂，这橘子多少钱买一斤啊？
Wèi, zhè júzi duōshao qián mǎi yī jīn ā?
Hey, how much does one pound of these oranges cost?
喂，你能把灯关掉吗？
Wèi, nǐ néng bǎ dēng guāndiào ma?
Hey, can you turn the lights off?
Character Family
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