衛戍

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	garrison
trad. (衛戍/衞戍)		衛/衞	戍
simp. (卫戍)		卫	戍
anagram		戍衛／戍卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèishù

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ syu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-sù / ōe-sut

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèishù
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèishù
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shu⁴
    • Yale: wèi-shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshuh
    • Palladius: вэйшу (vɛjšu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ syu³
    • Yale: waih syu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sy³
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² syː³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sù
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sù
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsux
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ su²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sut
    • Tâi-lô: uē-sut
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexsud
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sut̚⁵/

Noun

衛戍

1. garrison (especially the capital)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衛戍):

• → Japanese: 衛戍(えいじゅ) (eiju)
• → Korean: 위수(衛戍) (wisu)