捍衛

See also: 捍卫 and 捍衞

Chinese

		ward off (a blow)	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (捍衛/捍衞)		捍	衛/衞
simp. (捍卫)		捍	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hànwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hon⁵ wai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hān-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hànwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄢˋ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hànwèi
    • Wade–Giles: han⁴-wei⁴
    • Yale: hàn-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hannwey
    • Palladius: ханьвэй (xanʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xän⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hon⁵ wai⁶
    • Yale: hóhn waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hon⁵ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: hon⁵ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːn¹³ wɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hān-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: hān-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haxn'oe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /han²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /han⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /han²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /han³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /han³³⁻²¹ ue³³/

Verb

捍衛

1. to defend; to safeguard; to protect; to uphold

   捍衛國家主權／捍卫国家主权  ―  hànwèi guójiā zhǔquán  ―  to uphold national sovereignty

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
• 守護／守护 (shǒuhù)
• 戍衛／戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 看護／看护 (kānhù)
• 衛護／卫护 (wèihù)
• 護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)
• 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防衛／防卫 (fángwèi)