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侍衛

侍衛

See also: 侍卫

Chinese

		attend on	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; (surname)
trad. (侍衛)		侍	衛
simp. (侍卫)		侍	卫

Noun

侍衛

(archaic) imperial bodyguard

Japanese

Kanji in this term
侍	衛
じ Grade: S	えい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

侍衛 ‎(hiragana じえい, romaji jiei)

bodyguard

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): shìwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ví
Min Nan (POJ): sī-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: shìwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwey
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ wai⁶
  - Yale: sih waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ wai⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /siː²² wɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ví
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii vi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ vi³
  - IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ vi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: sī-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixoe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕi⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕi²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /ɕi³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕi³³⁻²¹ ue³³/