衛 wèi

guard, protect, defend

DEFINITIONS

  • guard, protect, defend
  • surname Wei
  • vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces
  • to guard
  • to protect
  • to defend
  • abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
  • health
  • abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet

WORDS

不列顛保衛戰 bù liè diān bǎo wèi zhàn see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[Bu4 lie4 dian1 Zhan4 yi4])
世界衛生大會 shì jiè wèi shēng dà huì World Health Assembly
世界衛生組織 shì jiè wèi shēng zǔ zhī World Health Organization (WHO)
世衛 shì wèi World Health Organization (WHO); abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1]
世衛組織 shì wèi zǔ zhī World Health Organization (WHO); abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1]
中前衛 zhōng qián wèi center forward (soccer position)
中衛 zhōng wèi Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia
中衛市 zhōng wèi shì Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia
交通警衛 jiāo tōng jǐng wèi road traffic policing
人造衛星 rén zào wèi xīng artificial satellite
侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard
侍衛官 shì wèi guān guard
保家衛國 bǎo jiā wèi guó guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
保衛 bǎo wèi to defend; to safeguard
保衛祖國 bǎo wèi zǔ guó to defend one's country
儀衛 yí wèi guard of honor
全球衛星導航系統 quán qiú wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS; abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯
公共衛生 gōng gòng wèi shēng public health
前衛 qián wèi advanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (soccer position)
北斗衛星導航系統 běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng Beidou navigation system
右前衛 yòu qián wèi right forward (soccer position)
唐太宗李衛公問對 táng tài zōng lǐ wèi gōng wèn duì "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
四分衛 sì fēn wèi quarterback (QB) (American football)
國內安全保衛局 guó nèi ān quán bǎo wèi jú Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for dealing with dissidents, activists etc
國民警衛隊 guó mín jǐng wèi duì National Guard (United States)
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