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警衛

警衛

See also: 警衞 and 警卫

Chinese

		to alert; to warn	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; (surname)
trad. (警衛/警衞)		警	衛/衞
simp. (警卫)		警	卫

Noun

警衛

security guard; guard

Verb

警衛

to guard against

Japanese

Kanji in this term
警	衛
けい Grade: 6	えい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

警衛 ‎(hiragana けいえい, romaji keiei)

guard, patrol, escort

Korean

Hanja in this term
警	衛

Noun

警衛 • ‎(gyeong-wi) ‎(hangeul 경위)

Hanja form^? of 경위, “lieutenant, chief inspector”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): jǐngwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ging² wai⁶
Min Nan (POJ): kèng-ōe / kéng-ōe / kéng-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: jǐngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingwey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² wai⁶
  - Yale: gíng waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² wai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kèng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kìng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: keang'oe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kiɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng'oe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng'ui
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ui³³/