餵

See also: 喂 and 𫗭

餵 U+9935, 餵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9935 ← 餴 [U+9934] CJK Unified Ideographs 餶 → [U+9936]

Translingual

Han character

餵 (Kangxi radical 184, 食+9, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人戈田一女 (OIWMV), four-corner 8673₂, composition ⿰飠畏)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1423, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 44294
• Dae Jaweon: page 1949, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4464, character 6
• Unihan data for U+9935

Chinese

trad.		餵
simp.		喂*
nonstandard simp.		𫗭

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (畏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
煨	*quːl
偎	*quːl
隈	*quːl, *quːls
椳	*quːl
鰃	*quːl
渨	*quːl
葨	*quːl
揋	*quːl
猥	*quːlʔ
嵔	*quːlʔ, *qulʔ
鍡	*quːlʔ
碨	*quːlʔ, *qruːl
腲	*quːlʔ
餵	*qrols
畏	*quls

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *qrols) : semantic 食 + phonetic 畏 (OC *quls).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèi (wei⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai³
• Gan (Wiktionary): ui⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): vi
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ùi / òe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ui²

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵iu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèi
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴
    • Yale: wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wey
    • Palladius: вэй (vɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: wai³
    • Yale: wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: ui⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: vi
    • Hakka Romanization System: vi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: vi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /vi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ùi
    • Tâi-lô: uì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: òe
    • Tâi-lô: uè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵iu
    • MiniDict: iu^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²y
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /y³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qrols/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	餵
Reading #	1/1
No.	12937
Phonetic component	畏
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	餧
Old Chinese	/*qrols/
Notes	餧後起字

Definitions

餵

1. to feed (animal, person)

   別忘了餵貓。／别忘了喂猫。  ―  Bié wàng le wèi māo.  ―  Don' t forget to feed the cat.

   她給嬰兒餵了飯，換了尿布。 [MSC, trad.]
   她给婴儿喂了饭，换了尿布。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā gěi yīng'ér wèi le fàn, huàn le niàobù. [Pinyin]

   She fed the baby and changed its nappy.

2. to raise; to keep (animal)

Synonyms

• (to feed):

Dialectal synonyms of 餵 (“to feed (a person)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餵, 餵食
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	餵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	餵
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	餵
	Xi'an	餵
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	餵
	Guilin	餵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	餵
Mandarin	Singapore	餵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餵
	Hong Kong	餵
Gan	Nanchang	餵
	Pingxiang	餵
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	飼
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	飼
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飼
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	飼
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飼
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飼
Huizhou	Jixi	餵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飼
	Songxi	飼
	Zhenghe	飼
	Jianyang	飼
	Wuyishan	飼
	Pucheng (Shibei)	飼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飼
Southern Min	Xiamen	飼
	Quanzhou	飼
	Zhangzhou	飼
	Tainan	飼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飼
	Manila (Hokkien)	飼
	Shantou	飼
	Haikou	飼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餵
Wu	Shanghai	餵
	Shanghai (Chongming)	餵
	Jinhua	飼
Xiang	Loudi	餵

Dialectal synonyms of 餵 (“to feed (an animal)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		餵, 餵食
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	餵
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	餵
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	餵
	Xi'an	餵
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	餵
	Guiyang	餵
	Guilin	餵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	餵
Mandarin	Singapore	餵
Cantonese	Guangzhou	餼, 餵
	Hong Kong	餵, 餼
	Macau	餵
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	餵
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	餼
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	餼
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	餼
	Foshan	餼
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	餼
	Foshan (Shunde)	餼
	Foshan (Sanshui)	餼
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	餼
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	餵
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	餵
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	餼
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	餼
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	餵
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	餵
	Taishan	餵
	Kaiping (Chikan)	餵
	Enping (Niujiang)	餵
	Heshan (Yayao)	餵
	Dongguan	餼
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	餼
Hakka	Meixian	供
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	分
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	供
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	供
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	供
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	供
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	餵
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	餵
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	供, 餵
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	餵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	供
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	供
	Hong Kong	供
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	飼
Southern Min	Xiamen	飼
	Quanzhou	飼
	Zhangzhou	飼
	Tainan	飼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飼
	Manila (Hokkien)	飼
	Shantou	飼
	Wenchang	飼
	Haikou	飼
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	飼
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	餵
Wu	Shanghai	餵
	Jinhua	飼
Xiang	Loudi	餵

• 哺育 (bǔyù)
• 哺養／哺养 (bǔyǎng)
• 育兒／育儿 (yù'ér) (to feed an infant)
• 豢養／豢养 (huànyǎng)
• 飼養／饲养 (sìyǎng)
• 養活／养活 (yǎnghuo) (colloquial)
• 餵養／喂养 (wèiyǎng)
• 馴養／驯养 (xùnyǎng)

 

• (to raise):

Dialectal synonyms of 養 (“to raise; to rear (animals)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		飼, 養, 畜
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		養, 餵養, 飼養, 畜養
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	養
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	養
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	餵
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	養
Mandarin	Malaysia	養
	Singapore	養
Cantonese	Guangzhou	養
	Hong Kong	養
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	養
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	養, 分
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	養
	Taishan	養
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	養
	Singapore (Guangfu)	養
Gan	Nanchang	養
	Lichuan	供
	Pingxiang	養
Hakka	Meixian	養, 畜
	Changting	供
	Wuping	供, 畜
	Liancheng	喂, 供
	Ninghua	供
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	畜, 養
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	畜, 養
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	畜, 養
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	畜, 養
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	畜
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	供
	Hong Kong	養
	Senai (Huiyang)	養
Huizhou	Jixi	供
Jin	Taiyuan	養
Northern Min	Jian'ou	飼
	Songxi	飼
	Zhenghe	飼
	Jianyang	飼
	Wuyishan	飼
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	養, 飼
	Fuzhou (Changle)	養
	Lianjiang	飼
	Fuqing	養
	Pingtan	養, 飼
	Yongtai	養
	Minqing	養, 飼
	Gutian	養, 飼
	Pingnan	飼
	Luoyuan	飼
	Fu'an	飼
	Ningde	飼
	Xiapu	飼
	Zherong	飼
	Shouning	飼
	Zhouning	飼
	Fuding	飼
Southern Min	Xiamen	飼
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	飼
	Quanzhou	飼
	Jinjiang	飼
	Nan'an	飼
	Shishi	飼
	Hui'an	飼
	Anxi	飼
	Yongchun	飼
	Dehua	飼
	Zhangzhou	飼
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	飼
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	飼
	Hua'an	飼
	Nanjing	飼
	Pinghe	飼
	Zhangpu	飼
	Yunxiao	飼
	Zhao'an	飼
	Dongshan	飼
	Taipei	飼
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飼
	Kaohsiung	飼
	Yilan	飼
	Changhua (Lukang)	飼
	Taichung	飼
	Tainan	飼
	Hsinchu	飼
	Kinmen	飼
	Penghu (Magong)	飼
	Penang (Hokkien)	飼
	Singapore (Hokkien)	飼
	Longyan	飼
	Zhangping	飼
	Datian	飼
	Chaozhou	飼
	Shantou	飼
	Jieyang	飼
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	飼
	Singapore (Teochew)	飼
	Leizhou	飼
	Wenchang	飼
	Haikou	飼
Puxian Min	Putian	飼
	Xianyou	飼
Central Min	Yong'an	供
	Sanyuan	供
	Sanming (Shaxian)	供
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	養
Wu	Shanghai	養
	Danyang	養
	Hangzhou	養

Compounds

• 篩子餵驢／筛子喂驴
• 餵食／喂食 (wèishí)
• 餵養／喂养 (wèiyǎng)

 

Japanese

Kanji

餵

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): だい (dai); い (i)

Vietnamese

Han character

餵: Hán Nôm readings: ổi, uy

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References

• Nom Foundation