喂

See also: 餵

喂	U+5582, 喂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5582

← 喁
[U+5581]

CJK Unified Ideographs

喃 →
[U+5583]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

KangXi: page 197, character 14

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3900

Dae Jaweon: page 418, character 34

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 653, character 15

Unihan data for U+5582

Chinese

Glyph origin

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

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 喂 – see 餵 (“to feed; to raise; to keep; etc.”). (This character, 喂, is the simplified form of 餵.)
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China 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
Min Nan (POJ): eh

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai³
  - Yale: wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei³
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (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

喂

(used to call attention) Hey!

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wéi (wei²)

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai², wei²
Min Nan (POJ): oeh
Wu (Wiktionary): ue (T2)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wéi
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˊ
  - Wade–Giles: wei²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wei
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai², wei²
  - Yale: wái, wéi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai², wei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei², wéi²
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³⁵/, /wei̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oeh
  - Tâi-lô: ueh
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oeq
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ueʔ⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ueʔ³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ueʔ³²/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: ue (T2)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɯe̞³⁴/

Definitions

喂

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

Japanese

Kanji

喂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Goon: き (ki)
Kan’on: かい (kai)
Kan’yōon: い (i)
Kun: なげく (nageku, 喂く)

Korean

Hanja

喂 • (wi) (hangeul 위)

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Vietnamese

Han character

喂 (ỏi, ói, ôi, òi, uy, hôi, ổi, úi)

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