喂 (wéi) means “hello (when answering the phone)”. It is an HSK 1 Chinese character in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
喂,你好!请问是王老师吗?
Wèi, nǐ hǎo! Qǐngwèn shì Wáng lǎoshī ma?
Hello! May I ask if this is Teacher Wang?
Updated: 2026-05-27