喂

Meaningwéi(verb, interjection)

hello (when answering the phone)

On the phone it is usually wéi; calling out “hey!” is wèi.

Examples

• 喂，你好，请问是王老师吗？

  wèi, nǐ hǎo, qǐng wèn shì wáng lǎo shī ma?

  Hello, is this Teacher Wang?

• 喂，你听得见吗？

  wèi, nǐ tīng dé jiàn ma?

  Hello, can you hear me?

• 喂，我现在在车上。

  wèi, wǒ xiàn zài zài chē shàng.

  Hello, I'm in the car right now.

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Meaningwèi(verb, interjection)

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

Examples

• 喂，你的东西掉了！

  wèi, nǐ de dōng xi diào le!

  Hey, you dropped something!

• 她每天早上喂猫。

  tā měi tiān zǎo shàng wèi māo.

  She feeds the cat every morning.

• 妈妈在喂孩子吃饭。

  mā ma zài wèi hái zi chī fàn.

  Mom is feeding the child.

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