警衛

See also: 警衞 and 警卫

Chinese

		to alert; to warn; police	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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐngwèi

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐngwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˇ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐngwèi
  - Wade–Giles: ching³-wei⁴
  - Yale: jǐng-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiingwey
  - Palladius: цзинвэй (czinvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ging² wai⁶
  - Yale: gíng waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ging² wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ging² wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪŋ³⁵ wɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (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: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kéng-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: kíng-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kefng'oe
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kiɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ 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/

Verb

警衛

to guard against

Derived terms

警衛員 / 警卫员 (jǐngwèiyuán)

Related terms

保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
警戒 (jǐngjiè)

Noun

警衛

security guard; sentinel; (specifically) bodyguard for an official

Synonyms

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

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
警衞 (kyūjitai)

Noun

警(けい)衛(えい) • (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”)

Vietnamese

Han character

警衛: Hán Nôm readings: cảnh vệ