喂
wèiwéi HSK2

interjection to call attention

喂 餵 wèi frequency
variant 餧
to feed; to raise verb
to give food to animals; to rear or keep livestock

他忘记喂狗了。

tā wàng​jì wèi gǒu le.

He forgot to feed the dog.

我们给羊喂草。

wǒ​men gěi yáng wèi cǎo.

We feed grass to sheep.

to feed verb
to put food or medicine into a person's mouth

如果你的宝宝饿了，喂他。

rú​guǒ nǐ de bǎo​bao è le, wèi tā.

If your baby is hungry, feed him.

喂 wèi
hey interjection
interjection used to call out to someone or get their attention

喂，你是从外地来的？

wèi, nǐ shì cóng wài​dì lái de?

Hey, are you from out of town?

喂 wéi
hello
interjection used when answering the phone or asking if someone is listening

Cross-References

Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,988th most common 37.1 per million
Movie subtitles
579th most common 243.7 per million appears in 50% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
336.4 per million appears in 49% of films
Written text
55.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+5582

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)