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

Synonyms

• 保安 (bǎo'ān)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 門衛室／门卫室 (ménwèishì)