精衛

See also: 精衞 and 精卫

Chinese

		energy; perfect; excellent energy; perfect; excellent; refined; very; proficient	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (精衛/精衞)		精	衛/衞
simp. (精卫)		精	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jīngwèi, jīngwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ, ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jīngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jingwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Ching¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: Jīng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jingwey
    • Palladius: Цзинвэй (Czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīngwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jingwèi
    • Wade–Giles: ching¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: jīng-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jingwey
    • Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: jīng waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing¹ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

精衛

1. (Chinese mythology) Jingwei (the daughter of the emperor Yandi who drowned at a young age in the East Sea and assumed the shape of a bird in order to exact revenge upon the sea by filling it up with pebbles)

Derived terms

• 精衛填海 / 精卫填海 (jīngwèitiánhǎi)

 

Noun

精衛

1. Short for 精神衛生／精神卫生 (jīngshén wèishēng, “mental health”).
2. Short for 精神衛生中心／精神卫生中心 (jīngshén wèishēng zhōngxīn).