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自卫

zì wèi

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 自衛

自卫 (zì wèi) means "to defend oneself; self-defense". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 自卫 means

1. to defend oneself
2. self-defense

The characters in 自卫

• 自zì(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
• 卫wèito guard; to protect; to defend

Example sentences

• 汤姆上了一堂自卫课。
  Tom took a class in self-defense.
• 她在夜校上自卫术课程。
  Tā zài yèxiào shàng zìwèi shù kèchéng.
  She took night classes in the art of self-defense.
• 丹给了琳达一把刀，让她自卫。
  Dan gave Linda a knife to protect herself.

Words starting with 自卫

• 自卫队zì wèi duìself-defense force; the Japanese armed forces

Words containing 自卫

• 航空自卫队háng kōng zì wèi duìair self-defense force

Sounds the same

Read zì wèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 自慰to console oneself; to masturbate; onanism

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zì wèi correctly.
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