門衛

See also: 门卫

Chinese

		opening; door; gate opening; door; gate; doorway; gateway; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; (taxonomy) phylum or division	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (門衛/門衞)		門	衛/衞
simp. (门卫)		门	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ménwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mun⁴ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ménwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄣˊ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ménwèi
    • Wade–Giles: mên²-wei⁴
    • Yale: mén-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menwey
    • Palladius: мэньвэй (mɛnʹvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mən³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mun⁴ wai⁶
    • Yale: mùhn waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mun⁴ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: mun⁴ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːn²¹ wɐi̯²²/

Noun

門衛

1. guard at a gate; entrance guard; gatekeeper; doorkeeper; sentry
2. (sports) goalkeeper

Synonyms

• (guard at a gate):

• 看門人／看门人 (kānménrén)
• 門崗／门岗 (méngǎng)
• 門房／门房 (ménfáng)
• 黑貓／黑猫 (⁷heq-mau) (Wu)
• 黑貓警長／黑猫警长 (⁷heq-mau ⁵cin-tsan) (Wu)

 

• (goalkeeper):

Dialectal synonyms of 守門員 (“goalkeeper”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		守門員, 門將, 門衛
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	守門員, 門將
Cantonese	Guangzhou	龍門, 大門
	Hong Kong	龍門, 龍, 門將
Southern Min	Leizhou	波門
Wu	Shanghai	搞爾

Derived terms

• 門衛室／门卫室 (ménwèishì)