後衛

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (後衛/後衞)		後	衛/衞
simp. (后卫)		后	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-ví
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-ōe / hō͘-ōe / āu-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: hòu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howwey
    • Palladius: хоувэй (xouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ wai⁶
    • Yale: hauh waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu vi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ vi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-uē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² ue⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxoe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: āu-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxoe
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ ue²²/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 後衛

1. (military) rearguard
2. (sports) fullback; backfield; guard