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wéi

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wéi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
wéi | wei2
English translation
hello (when answering the phone)
hey
to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
to feed
interjection used to call attention

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About wéi

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

wéi

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of wéi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口畏

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

wèi

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and wèi represents the sound.

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Example sentences using wéi

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婴儿 yīngér wéi bǎo 之后 zhī hòu jiù huì 呕吐 ǒutù .

Baby had no sooner finished his feed than it all camp up.

冬天 dōng tiān ,面包屑 miàn bāo xiè 到屋 wài wéi diǎo .

In the winter he scattered crumbs outside to feed the birds.

zǒng liú 点儿 diǎn r 特别 tèbié 好吃 hǎochī de 东西 dōngxī wéi māo .

She always keeps some titbit to give to her cat.

wéi , Bié 紧张 jǐnzhāng ! zhè 只不过 zhǐ bu guò shì kāi 玩笑 wán xiào .

Come on, lighten up! It was only a joke.

ràng 婴儿 yīngér Zuò Zhí le ,然后 ránhòu shì zhāo wéi .

She sat the baby up and tried feeding him.

Words with wéi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
wéi hey wéi
喂养 wèi yǎng to keep餵養
喂食 wèi shí to feed餵食
喂奶 wèi nǎi to breast-feed喂奶 wèi nǎi

wéi Decomposition & Compounds

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wéi Decomposition

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