精衛

See also: 精衞 and 精卫

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (精衛/精衞)		精	衛/衞
simp. (精卫)		精	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīngwèi, jīngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngwèi
    • 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: jīngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: jīng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwey
    • Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• 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/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 精衛

1. (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

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 精衛

1. Short for 精神衛生／精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng, “mental health”).
2. Short for 精神衛生中心／精神卫生中心 (jīngshén wèishēng zhōngxīn).