衛視

See also: 卫视

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (衛視/衞視)		衛/衞	視
simp. (卫视)		卫	视

Etymology

Short for 衛星電視／卫星电视 (wèixīng diànshì).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishì

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ si⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-sī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishì
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishìh
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: wèi-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshyh
    • Palladius: вэйши (vɛjši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 衛士／卫士 衛視／卫视

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: waih sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² siː²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sī
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² si⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ si²²/

Noun

衛視

1. satellite television

Usage notes

This is more commonly used in the names of television stations.