威海衛

Chinese

		power; might; prestige	ocean; sea	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (威海衛/威海衞)		威	海	衛/衞
simp. (威海卫)		威	海	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Wēihǎiwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai¹ hoi² wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Wēihǎiwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟ ㄏㄞˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Weihǎiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Wei¹-hai³-wei⁴
    • Yale: Wēi-hǎi-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Ueihaewey
    • Palladius: Вэйхайвэй (Vɛjxajvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai¹ hoi² wai⁶
    • Yale: wāi hói waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai¹ hoi² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei¹ hoi² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯⁵⁵ hɔːi̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

威海衛

1. (historical) Weihaiwei (a military strongpoint and city on the coast of the Yellow Sea in Shandong, China)

Synonyms

• (modern name) 威海 (Wēihǎi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
威	海	衛
い Grade: S	かい Grade: 2	えい Grade: 5
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
威海衞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ika̠ie̞ː]

Proper noun

威(い)海(かい)衛(えい) • (Ikaiei) ^{←ゐかいゑい (wikaiwei)?}

1. (historical) Weihaiwei (a concession in China)