衛冕

See also: 衞冕 and 卫冕

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	royal crown
trad. (衛冕/衞冕)		衛/衞	冕
simp. (卫冕)		卫	冕

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèimiǎn

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ min²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-bián

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèimiǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄇㄧㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèimiǎn
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-mien³
  - Yale: wèi-myǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weymean
  - Palladius: вэймянь (vɛjmjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ mi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    衛冕 / 卫冕
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ min²
  - Yale: waih mín
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ min²
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ min²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² miːn³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-bián
  - Tâi-lô: uē-bián
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexbiern
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ue²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² biɛn⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ue³³⁻¹¹ biɛn⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ue³³⁻²¹ biɛn⁴¹/

Verb

衛冕

to defend one's title; to defend one's championship