卫 wèi — to guard; to protect; to defend; to safeguard
卫
Traditional:
衛
wèi wei4
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
noun
- bodyguard e.g 卫帮
- guard
- an ancient district
- donkey
- arrow's feather
- sanitation e.g 环卫部门
- Wei state
- border area
- Wei River
- limbs
- 姓。如:卫青(汉武帝时的大将军,在讨匈战争中,屡立战功);卫夫人(晋卫恒从女,李矩妻,也称“李夫人”。善书法。王羲之、王献之的书法为她所传授)
Related words
- 卫生 hygiene; sanitation; health; clean
- 卫星 satellite; artificial satellite; moon; sputnik
- 保卫 to defend; to safeguard; to protect; defense
- 捍卫 to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
- 卫士 guard; bodyguard
- 卫生院 township health clinic
- 卫生间 bathroom/toilet/WC
- 环卫 public cleanliness
- 红卫兵 Red Guards (of the Cultural Revolution)
- 警卫 guard; security
- 防卫 to defend/defensive/defense
- 自卫 self-defense
- 卫冕 to defend one's title
- 后卫 rear guard; fullback (sports)
- 前卫 advanced guard/vanguard/avant-garde/forward (soccer position)
- 护卫 to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
- 守卫 to guard
- 卫兵 guard; bodyguard; sentry; soldier on guard
- 卫队 guard (i.e. group of soldiers)
- 卫视 satellite TV/abbr. of 卫星电视