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喂 (wèi): Hello — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 喂

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How to write 喂 — animated stroke order

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2.

Readings & Meanings

喂has 2 distinct senses for the same pronunciation

wèi
  • hello
    interj.HSK 1HSK 3.0 · L1
3.

Stroke Order Diagrams 喂

喂 stroke order diagram
4.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
喂
口kǒu · mouth
畏wèi · fear
喂=
5.

Printable Writing Worksheet: 喂

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6.

How to Use 喂

Feeding someone or something

喂 + animal/person

Use 喂 before the person or animal being fed.

喂猫 • wèi māo • feed a cat
7.

Example Sentences

wèi喂
,
nǐ你
tīng听
jiàn见
wǒ我
shuō

Information

Pinyinwèi
Meaninghello
Strokes12
Radical口
Traditional餵
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#82
Zhuyinㄨㄟˋ
UnicodeU+5582
CangjieROHV
to feed, to raise (animals)
v.HSK 6HSK 3.0 · L5
口kǒu · mouth
+畏wèi · fear
wèi喂
māo猫

feed a cat

喂狗 • wèi gǒu • feed a dog
wèi喂
gǒu狗

feed a dog

喂孩子 • wèi hái zi • feed a child
wèi喂
hái孩
zi子

feed a child

说
huà话
le了
ma吗
?

Hey, did you hear me speaking?

wèi喂
!
qǐng请
děng等
yí一
xià下
。

Hey! Please wait a moment.

tā她
wèi喂
yǎng养
le了
sān三
zhī只
xiǎo小
māo猫
。

She is raising three kittens.

mā妈
ma妈
zhèng正
zài在
gěi给
bǎo宝
bao宝
wèi喂
nǎi奶
。

Mom is breastfeeding the baby.

wǒ我
měi每
tiān天
wèi喂
shí食
chǒng宠
wù物
gǒu狗
。

I feed my pet dog every day.

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  • 回huíto return
  • 会huìto know how to; can; meeting
  • 几jǐhow much/many? [expecting a small number]
  • 家jiāfamily; home
  • 叫jiàoto call; to be named
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Characters pronounced "wei".

  • 尉wèiofficer, military rank
  • 惟wéibut, however, nevertheless; only
  • 桅wéimast of ship
  • 渭wèiname of a river in Shanxi
  • 潍wéicounty in Shandong province
  • 韦wéitanned leather; surname; simplified form of KangXi radical number 178
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Characters with radical "口".

  • 嗨hāi[sound used in lyrics for balance or euphony]
  • 喃nánkeep talking, chattering; mumble
  • 喔wōdescriptive of crying or of crowing
  • 嗣sìto connect, inherit; descendants, heirs
  • 咯gēfinal particle
  • 嘎gǎsound of laughter; bad, malevolent
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