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喂

  • wèi (wei⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄨㄟˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • wai³ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • eh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • wèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄨㄟˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • wèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • wei⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • wèi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • wey Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • вэй Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /weɪ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • wai³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • wai Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • wei³ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /wɐi̯³³/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • eh Min Nan, Hokkien, Tâi lô
  • eq Min Nan, Hokkien, Phofsit Daibuun
  • /eʔ³²/ Min Nan, Hokkien, IPA
  • /eʔ⁵/ Min Nan, Hokkien, IPA
  • wéi Mandarin, Pinyin
  • wei Mandarin, Pinyin
  • we (wei², wei⁵／wei⁰, we⁵／we⁰) Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄨㄟˊ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ˙ㄨㄟ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • ˙ㄨㄝ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • wai² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • wei² Cantonese, Jyutping
  • oeh Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • ôe Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
  • uêi⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • uai⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
  • ⁵ue Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
  • wéi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄨㄟˊ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • wéi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • wei² Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • wéi Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • wei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • /weɪ̯³⁵/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • wei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ˙ㄨㄟ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • we̊i Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • wei⁵ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • wei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • .uei Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • /weɪ̯/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • we Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin

Where it comes from

形聲漢字：意符 口 + 聲符 畏 (上古 *quls) 。

釋義

  1. 用於引起注意 嘿！ 起身喇喂！

釋義

  1. 用於電話應答 你好；找誰？
  2. dated 用於面對面交談回應：是？

In English

  • hello when answering the telephone
  • feed to give to a machine for processing
  • hey exclamation to get attention
  • cheerio translations to be checked: exclamation used when greeting as well as when parti

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MLA

"喂." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%96%82. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

喂. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%96%82

Chicago

"喂." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%96%82.

BibTeX
@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {喂},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%96%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}