喂
wèiwéi HSK2

interjection to call attention

喂 wèi frequency
feed verb
to provide food for an animal, baby, or person unable to feed themselves

母亲正在喂婴儿喝奶。

mǔ​qīn zhèng​zài wèi yīng'ér hē nǎi.

The mother is feeding the baby milk.

hey interjection
an interjection used to call attention or express greeting

喂，你快点过来！

wèi, nǐ kuài diǎn guò​lái!

Hey, come over here quickly!

喂 (餵) wèi
feed verb
to feed

奶奶在院子里喂那几只可爱的小兔子。

nǎi​nai zài yuàn​zi lǐ wèi nà jǐ zhī kě'ài de xiǎo tù​zi.

Grandma is feeding those cute little rabbits in the yard.

喂 wéi
hello interjection
hello (when answering the phone)

喂，请问张先生在吗？

wéi, qǐng​wèn Zhāng xiān​sheng zài ma?

Hello, is Mr. Zhang there, please?

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)