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12 strokes
Character #698 · The First 1000

wéi

喂 wéi meaning: hello...

hello (when answering the phone)

Also read wèi (hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc))

Strokes
12
Both scripts
喂
Poster cell
Z25

简 = 繁喂 is the same in both scripts. The switch changes the example words.

01 常用词语

Common words with

  • wèiyǎng to feed
  • wèinǎi to breast-feed
  • sìwèi to feed (an animal)
02 练习纸
Character practice sheet: nine rows, each with a model box, pinyin lines and eleven practice squares
Free printable · One page

Practice writing 喂

Write 喂 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, wéi, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.

Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet
03 千字海报
Cell Z25 · 28 × 36 grid

喂 is #698 on The First 1000 poster.

All 1,000 characters, printable at home.

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04 问答

Quick answers

What does 喂 mean in English?
喂 (wéi) means "hello...": hello (when answering the phone).
How do you pronounce 喂?
喂 is pronounced wéi in pinyin, with the second (rising) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄨㄟˊ. It can also be read wèi (hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)).
How many strokes does 喂 have?
喂 has 12 strokes, in both simplified and traditional Chinese.
Is 喂 the same in traditional Chinese?
Yes. 喂 is written the same way in simplified and traditional Chinese.
What are common words with 喂?
Common words that use 喂 include 喂养 (wèiyǎng, to feed), 喂奶 (wèinǎi, to breast-feed), 饲喂 (sìwèi, to feed (an animal)).
How common is 喂?
喂 is number 698 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell Z25 of The First 1000 poster.

Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.