守衛

See also: 守卫

Chinese

		to guard	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (守衛/守衞)		守	衛/衞
simp. (守卫)		守	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² wai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sú-ví
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-ōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuwèi
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-wei⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouwey
    • Palladius: шоувэй (šouvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² wai⁶
    • Yale: sáu waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sú-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: su^ˋ vi^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su³ vi³
    • Sinological IPA: /su³¹ vi³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: siú-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siwoe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/

Verb

守衛

1. to guard; to protect

Synonyms

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• 保衛 / 保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 呵護 / 呵护 (hēhù)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 守護 / 守护 (shǒuhù)
• 張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
• 看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
• 衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
• 護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
• 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)

Noun

守衛

1. guard (person who protects)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
守	衛
しゅ Grade: 3	えい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
守衞 (kyūjitai)

Noun

守(しゅ)衛(えい) • (shuei) 

1. guard, gatekeeper