衛道

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	direction; way; method direction; way; method; road; path; principle; truth; reason; skill; Tao (of Taoism); a measure word; to say; to speak; to talk
trad. (衛道/衞道)		衛/衞	道
simp. (卫道)		卫	道

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèidào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ dou⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-tō

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèidào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèidào
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-tao⁴
    • Yale: wèi-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weydaw
    • Palladius: вэйдао (vɛjdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ dou⁶
    • Yale: waih douh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ dou⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ dou⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² tou̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-tō
    • Tâi-lô: uē-tō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oexdoi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² to⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ to²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ to³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ tɤ³³/

Verb

衛道

1. to protect and defend the Confucian orthodoxy

Derived terms

• 衛道之士／卫道之士 (wèidàozhīshì)
• 衛道士／卫道士