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卫

wèi

HSK 4 Character Traditional 衛

What 卫 means

1. to guard
2. to protect
3. to defend
4. abbr. for 卫生, hygiene
5. health
6. abbr. for 卫生间, toilet

Other readings

卫 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Wèisurname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day He

Example sentences

• 大卫在家。
  David is at home.
• 大卫很活跃。
  David is very active.
• 大卫在家里。
  David is at home.
• 保卫台湾 ！
  Defend Taiwan!
• 这食物不卫生。
  Zhè shíwù bù wèishēng.
  This food is unhealthy.
• 卫生纸用完了。
  Wèishēngzhǐ yòngwán le.
  The toilet paper is used up.

Words starting with 卫

• 卫生间wèi shēng jiānbathroom; toilet; WC
• 卫星wèi xīng(aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon
• 卫生wèi shēnghygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation
• 卫生部Wèi shēng bùMinistry of Health
• 卫兵wèi bīngguard; bodyguard
• 卫生纸wèi shēng zhǐtoilet paper; tissues
• 卫士wèi shìguardian; defender
• 卫视wèi shìsatellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视
• 卫生巾wèi shēng jīnsanitary towel
• 卫生局wèi shēng júhealth office; bureau of hygiene
• 卫队wèi duìguard (i.e. group of soldiers)
• 卫国wèi guóto defend one's country
• 卫冕wèi miǎnto defend the crown (in sports championship)
• 卫城wèi chéngcitadel; defensive city; acropolis
• 卫报Wèi BàoThe Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
• 卫校wèi xiàomedical school; nursing school
• 卫生厅wèi shēng tīng(provincial) department of health
• 卫护wèi hùto guard; to protect
• 卫道wèi dàoto defend traditional values
• 卫星图wèi xīng túsatellite photo
• 卫星城wèi xīng chéng"satellite" town; edge city; exurb
• 卫东区Wèi dōng QūWeidong, a district of Pingdingshan City 平顶山市
• 卫生球wèi shēng qiúmothball
• 卫生署wèi shēng shǔhealth bureau (or office, or department, or agency)

Words containing 卫

• 保卫bǎo wèito defend; to safeguard
• 捍卫hàn wèito defend; to uphold; to safeguard
• 红卫兵Hóng wèi bīngRed Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
• 大卫Dà wèi(name) David
• 警卫jǐng wèito stand guard over; (security) guard
• 前卫qián wèiadvanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde
• 后卫hòu wèirear guard; backfield; fullback
• 门卫mén wèiguard at gate; sentry
• 守卫shǒu wèito guard; to defend
• 自卫zì wèito defend oneself; self-defense
• 防卫fáng wèito defend; defensive; defense
• 侍卫shì wèiImperial bodyguard
• 护卫hù wèito guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times)
• 环卫huán wèipublic cleanliness; (urban) sanitation; environmental sanitation
• 汪精卫Wāng Jīng wèiWang Jingwei (1883–1944), Chinese politician who later collaborated with Japan during…
• 自卫队zì wèi duìself-defense force; the Japanese armed forces
• 天津卫Tiān jīn wèi(Ming dynasty) Tianjin garrison; historical name of Tianjin 天津
• 中卫zhōng wèi(sports) center-back
• 人造卫星rén zào wèi xīngartificial satellite
• 世卫Shì wèiWorld Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界卫生组织
• 公卫gōng wèipublic health (abbr. for 公共卫生
• 土卫tǔ wèimoon of Saturn
• 女卫nǚ wèiwomen's bathroom (abbr. for 女卫生间)
• 控卫kòng wèi(basketball) point guard (abbr. for 控球后卫

Characters that look like 卫

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 丑chǒuclown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year…

Sounds the same

Read wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 位position; location; place
• 喂hey; to feed (an animal, baby, invalid etc)
• 未not yet; did not; have not
• 味taste; smell; (fig.) (noun suffix) feel
• 谓to speak; to say; to name
• 慰to comfort; to console; to reassure
• 胃stomach
• 畏to fear
• 魏tower over a palace gateway (old)
• 蔚Artemisia japonica; luxuriant; resplendent
• 尉military officer
• 渭the Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 关中平原