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衛士
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卫士
Contents
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Synonyms
1.2.2
Descendants
2
Vietnamese
2.1
Noun
Chinese
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to guard; to protect; to defend
to guard; to protect; to defend;
surname
scholar; warrior; knight
trad.
(
衛士
/
衞士
)
衛
/
衞
士
simp.
(
卫士
)
卫
士
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wèishì
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
wai
6
si
6
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wèishì
Zhuyin
:
ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wèishìh
Wade–Giles
:
wei
4
-shih
4
Yale
:
wèi-shr̀
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
weyshyh
Palladius
:
вэйши
(vɛjši)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Homophones
:
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衛士
/
卫士
衛視
/
卫视
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
wai
6
si
6
Yale
:
waih sih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
wai
6
si
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
wei
6
xi
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/wɐi̯²² siː²²/
Noun
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衛士
guardian
;
defender
;
bodyguard
Synonyms
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保安
(
bǎo'ān
)
保安員
/
保安员
(
bǎo'ānyuán
)
保鏢
/
保镖
(
bǎobiāo
)
若呀
(
Malaysian Hokkien
,
slang
)
衛兵
/
卫兵
(
wèibīng
)
警衛
/
警卫
(
jǐngwèi
)
警衛員
/
警卫员
(
jǐngwèiyuán
)
護衛
/
护卫
(
hùwèi
)
Descendants
edit
Sino-Xenic
(
衛士
):
→
Japanese:
衛士
(
えじ
)
(
eji
)
;
衛士
(
えいし
)
(
eishi
)
→
Korean:
위사(衛士)
(
wisa
)
→
Vietnamese:
vệ sĩ
(
衛士
)
Vietnamese
edit
chữ Hán Nôm
in this term
衛
士
Noun
edit
衛士
chữ Hán
form of
vệ sĩ
(
“
guardian
”
)
.