前衛

See also: 前卫

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (前衛/前衞)		前	衛/衞
simp. (前卫)		前	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiánwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-ōe / chiân-ūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiánwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ciánwèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien²-wei⁴
    • Yale: chyán-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanwey
    • Palladius: цяньвэй (cjanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: chìhn waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'oe
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ue²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ue³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'ui
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

前衛

1. vanguard
2. forward (soccer position)

Adjective

前衛

1. avant-garde

Proper noun

前衛

1. (～鎮) Qianwei (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	衛
ぜん Grade: 2	えい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
前衞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ぜんえー [zèń'éé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

前(ぜん)衛(えい) • (zen'ei) 

1. vanguard (leading units of an army)
2. forward (player nearest to the opposing soccer team), lineman (playing position in football), or similar positions in tennis, volleyball, and other sports
3. avant-garde, vanguard (forefront of any group or movement)

References

• “前衛”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	衛

Noun

前衛 • (jeonwi) (hangeul 전위)

1. hanja form^? of 전위

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	衛

Noun

前衛

1. chữ Hán form of tiền vệ (“midfielder”)