警衛

See also: 警衞 and 警卫

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (警衛/警衞)		警	衛/衞
simp. (警卫)		警	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kèng-ōe / kéng-ōe / kéng-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngwèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching³-wei⁴
    • Yale: jǐng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingwey
    • Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ging² wai⁶
    • Yale: gíng waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ging² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ging² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: kìng-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keang'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng'oe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: kíng-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kefng'ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/

Verb

警衛

1. to guard against

Derived terms

• 警衛員／警卫员 (jǐngwèiyuán)

 

Related terms

• 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 警戒 (jǐngjiè)

Noun

警衛

1. security guard; sentinel; (specifically) bodyguard for an official

Synonyms

• 保安 (bǎo'ān)
• 保安員／保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
• 保鏢／保镖 (bǎobiāo)
• 若呀 (Malaysian Hokkien, slang)
• 衛兵／卫兵 (wèibīng)
• 衛士／卫士 (wèishì)
• 警衛員／警卫员 (jǐngwèiyuán)
• 護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	衛
けい Grade: 6	えい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
警衞 (kyūjitai)

Noun

警(けい)衛(えい) • (keiei) 

1. guard, patrol, escort

Korean

Hanja in this term
警	衛

Noun

警衛 • (gyeong'wi) (hangeul 경위)

1. Hanja form^? of 경위 (“lieutenant, chief inspector”).