精衛
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Chinese
[edit]energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient |
to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname | ||
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trad. (精衛/精衞) | 精 | 衛/衞 | |
simp. (精卫) | 精 | 卫 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Jingwèi
- Wade–Giles: Ching1-wei4
- Yale: Jīng-wèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingwey
- Palladius: Цзинвэй (Czinvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jingwèi
- Wade–Giles: ching1-wei4
- Yale: jīng-wèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwey
- Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: zing1 wai6
- Yale: jīng waih
- Cantonese Pinyin: dzing1 wai6
- Guangdong Romanization: jing1 wei6
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Proper noun
[edit]精衛
- (Chinese mythology) Jingwei (the daughter of the emperor Yandi who drowned at a young age in the East Sea and assumed the shape of a bird in order to exact revenge upon the sea by filling it up with pebbles)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]精衛