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
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ue²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ue³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-ūi
    • Tâi-lô: tsiân-uī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: cien'ui
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 前衛

1. vanguard
2. forward (soccer position)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 前衛

1. avant-garde

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 前衛

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

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Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
前衞 (kyūjitai)

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)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
前	衛

Noun

前衛 • (jeonwi) (hangeul 전위)

1. Hanja form^? of 전위.