校尉

Chinese

		school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare	milit. official; to quiet
trad. (校尉)		校	尉
simp. #(校尉)		校	尉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiàowèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ wai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiàowèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiàowèi
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: jyàu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawwey
    • Palladius: цзяовэй (czjaovɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaau³ wai³
    • Yale: gaau wai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ wai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gao³ wei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːu̯³³ wɐi̯³³/

Noun

校尉

1. (archaic) a military rank; captain

Usage notes

Created in the Han Dynasty, this rank was somewhere just below the rank of general. By the Tang Dynasty, the rank had become more of a middle level rank.