喂

See also: 餵

Translingual

Han character

喂 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+9, 12 strokes, cangjie input 口田一女 (RWMV), four-corner 6603₂, composition ⿰口畏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 197, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3900
• Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 653, character 15
• Unihan data for U+5582

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 口 + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 喂 – see 餵 (“to feed; to raise; to keep”). (This character is the simplified form of 餵).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		喂

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): eh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: eh
    • Tâi-lô: eh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /eʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /eʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /eʔ³²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喂

1. (used to call attention) Hey!

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai² / wei²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oeh / ôe
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵ue

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wéi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wéi
    • Wade–Giles: wei²
    • Yale: wéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai² / wei²
    • Yale: wái / wéi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai² / wei²
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei² / wéi²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wei̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oeh / ôe
    • Tâi-lô: ueh / uê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oeq, oee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ueʔ³²/, /ue²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ueʔ⁵/, /ue²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ueʔ³²/, /ue¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ueʔ³²/, /ue²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ueʔ³²/, /ue²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵ue
    • MiniDict: ue^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²ue
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ue³⁴/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 喂

1. (used when answering the telephone) hello; who is this?

Further reading

• “Entry #8189”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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Japanese

Kanji

喂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: き (ki)
• Kan-on: かい (kai)
• Kan’yō-on: い (i)
• Kun: なげく (nageku, 喂く)

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Korean

Hanja

喂 • (wi) (hangeul 위)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 喂 (ỏi, ói, ôi, òi, uy, hôi, ổi, úi)

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