世衛

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (世衛/世衞)		世	衛/衞
simp. (世卫)		世	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Shìwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Shìwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Shih⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: Shr̀-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhwey
    • Palladius: Шивэй (Šivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ wai⁶
    • Yale: sai waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 世衛

1. WHO; short for 世界衛生組織／世界卫生组织 (Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī, “World Health Organization”).

Derived terms

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