喂食

餵食

wèishí

verb

Meanings

1 to feed (an animal or a baby)
2 feeding

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

请不要给动物喂食。

Qǐng búyào gěi dòngwù wèishí.

Please don't feed the animals.

HSK 7-9

饲养员每天早上八点给熊猫喂食。

Sìyǎngyuán měitiān zǎoshang bā diǎn gěi xióngmāo wèishí.

The keeper feeds the pandas at eight every morning.

Tips

usage

喂食 is the formal word, seen on signs: 禁止喂食 'no feeding'. In everyday speech people just say 喂: 喂猫 'to feed the cat', 喂孩子 'to feed the baby'.

Stroke Order

喂 wèi

食 shí