保衛

See also: 保衞 and 保卫

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (保衛/保衞)		保	衛/衞
simp. (保卫)		保	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎowèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ví
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pó-ōe

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bo² uê⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎowèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎowèi
    • Wade–Giles: pao³-wei⁴
    • Yale: bǎu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baowey
    • Palladius: баовэй (baovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² wai⁶
    • Yale: bóu waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` vi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /po³¹ vi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pó-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bo² uê⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pó uĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /po⁵²⁻³⁵ ue³⁵/

Verb

保衛

1. to defend; to safeguard

Synonyms

• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
• 守護／守护 (shǒuhù)
• 戍衛／戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 捍衛／捍卫 (hànwèi)
• 看護／看护 (kānhù)
• 衛護／卫护 (wèihù)
• 護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)
• 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防衛／防卫 (fángwèi)

 

Derived terms

• 保衛細胞／保卫细胞
• 保衛者／保卫者 (bǎowèizhě)

 

Related terms

• 警戒 (jǐngjiè)
• 警衛／警卫 (jǐngwèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (保衛):

• → Korean: 보위(保衛) (bowi)
• → Vietnamese: bảo vệ (保衛)