喂 - Mandarin word #232

喂

wèi

Traditional: 喂

HSK 3

#232 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

for, because of, on behalf of

Stroke order

喂

骄jiāo傲ào。

I am proud of you.

？

Why? / For what reason?

民mín。

Serve the people.

Hello, who is calling please?

Hey, watch out for the car behind!

喂 (wèi) means for, because of, on behalf of. It is used as a preposition in everyday Mandarin speech.

到

to arrive; to (destination); result complement

所有

all, every, all of

为了

for the sake of, in order to

一起

together, with each other

只要

as long as, provided that, if only

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This word is part of lesson 5.