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喂

wéi
interjection HSK 4 #315

Meanings

  1. 1 hello (on the phone)
  2. 2 hey

Characters

喂
wèi
hello (on phone); feed

Examples

喂,你好,请问你找谁?
Wéi, nǐ hǎo, qǐng wèn nǐ zhǎo shéi?
Hello, who are you looking for?
喂!你听得到吗?
Wéi! Nǐ tīng de dào ma?
Hello! Can you hear me?
喂,别走!
Wèi, bié zǒu!
Hey, don't go!

Tips

usage
When answering the phone, 喂 is pronounced wéi (2nd tone). When calling out to someone like 'hey!', it's often wèi (4th tone).
culture
Chinese phone etiquette: answer with 喂 (wéi), then 你好 (nǐ hǎo). It's considered rude to just say 喂 repeatedly.

Stroke Order

喂 wéi

Related Words

号码 hàomǎ HSK 4 #970
number (phone, ID, etc.)
刷 shuā HSK 4 #3,768
to brush; to scrub / to paint; to apply / to swipe (a card); to scroll (on phone)
喂养 wèiyǎng HSK 7 #13,083
to feed / to raise (young children or animals) / to nurture
通话 tōnghuà HSK 6 #2,488
phone call; to make a phone call / to communicate by phone
无法 wúfǎ HSK 4 #417
unable to / incapable of / cannot
无 wú HSK 4 #502
without / -less / not to have / no
之后 zhīhòu HSK 4 #322
after / afterwards / later
呀 ya HSK 4 #332
ah!; oh! (exclamation of surprise) / (sentence-final particle, variant of 啊)
宝贝 bǎobèi HSK 4 #296
baby / darling / treasure / precious thing
女士 nǚshì HSK 4 #337
Ms.; lady; madam / woman (respectful)
喂 wéi
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