衛兵

See also: 衞兵 and 卫兵

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
trad. (衛兵/衞兵)		衛/衞	兵
simp. (卫兵)		卫	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèibīng

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ bing¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ví-pîn
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): ōe-peng / ūi-peng

(Teochew, Peng'im): uê⁶ bian¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèibīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèibing
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-ping¹
  - Yale: wèi-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weybing
  - Palladius: вэйбин (vɛjbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ piŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ bing¹
  - Yale: waih bīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ bing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ bing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² pɪŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ví-pîn
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˋ bin^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi³ bin¹
  - Sinological IPA: /vi³¹ pin²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-peng
  - Tâi-lô: uē-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexpefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² piɪŋ³³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-peng
  - Tâi-lô: uī-ping
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uixpefng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ piɪŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: uê⁶ bian¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: uĕ piaⁿ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ue³⁵⁻¹¹ pĩã³³/

Noun

衛兵

guard; watcher

Synonyms

保安 (bǎo'ān)
保安員 / 保安员 (bǎo'ānyuán)
保鏢 / 保镖 (bǎobiāo)
若呀 (Penang Hokkien, slang)
衛士 / 卫士 (wèishì)
警衛 / 警卫 (jǐngwèi)
警衛員 / 警卫员 (jǐngwèiyuán)
護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)

Derived terms

紅衛兵 / 红卫兵 (hóngwèibīng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
衛	兵
えい Grade: 5	へい Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
衞兵 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [e̞ːhe̞ː]

Noun

衛(えい)兵(へい) • (eihei)

guard
衛兵(えいへい)が門(もん)を守(まも)っている。
Eihei ga mon o mamotte iru.
Guards are securing the gate.

Korean

Hanja in this term
衛	兵

Noun

衛兵 • (wibyeong) (hangeul 위병)

hanja form^? of 위병 (“guard”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
衛	兵

Noun

衛兵

chữ Hán form of vệ binh (“guard”)