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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 喂

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
喂 wéi - hello (when answering the phone)
喂 wèi - hey
- to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
喂 wèi - variant of 餵|喂[wei4]
喂 wèi - to feed

List Ranking for: 喂

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
1 1 315 2,289 912

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 口 畏

Radical:

口

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

畏

Semantic:

口

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing 喂

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
喂 1 1 315 2,289 912
喂养 - 7 13,083 13,064 14,100
喂奶 - - 17,006 - -