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Keyword
hey
  • interjection used to call attention
Frequency
#1684
Strokes
12
Readings
wèi100%
Mnemonic
口 (mouth) gives the meaning and 畏 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
喂wèi
hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc); to feed
喂wéi
hello (when answering the phone)
喂养wèiyǎng
to feed (a child, domestic animal etc); to keep; to raise (an animal)
喂奶wèinǎi
to breast-feed
喂母乳wèimǔrǔ
breastfeeding
饲喂sìwèi
to feed (an animal)
喂料wèiliào
to feed (also fig.)