义项
打电话时的招呼语
How a Chinese phone call opens, from either end. On the telephone it is usually said with a rising second tone, wéi, which sounds softer than the dictionary form wèi.
interjectionspoken招呼人时的喊声
interjectionShouted at someone in the street, 喂 with a full fourth tone is abrupt — fine among friends, rude to a stranger.
例句
- 喂,你在哪儿?喂,你在哪兒?Wéi, (second tone, rising) nǐ (third tone, dipping) zài (fourth tone, falling) nǎr? (third tone, dipping)···
Hello? Where are you?
- 喂,请问医生在吗?喂,請問醫生在嗎?Wéi, (second tone, rising) qǐngwèn (third tone, dipping) yīshēng (first tone, high and level) zài (fourth tone, falling) ma? (neutral tone)···
Hello — is the doctor there, please?