保衛

保衛

See also: 保衞 and 保卫

Chinese

		to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (保衛)		保	衛
simp. (保卫)		保	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎowèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bou² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pó-ví
• Min Nan (POJ): pó-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: bǎowèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄠˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baowey
    • IPA ^(key): /pɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: bou² wai⁶
    • Yale: bóu waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bou² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bou² wei⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /pou̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pó-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: bo` vi`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bo³ vi³
    • IPA: /po³¹ vi³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pó-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: pó-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poyoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /po⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /po⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

Verb

保衛

1. to defend; to safeguard

Derived terms

保衛細胞／保卫细胞

保衛者／保卫者 (bǎowèizhě)