侍衛

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See also: 侍卫

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ wai⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ-ví
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sīr-ōe / sū-ōe / sī-ōe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhwèi
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhwey
  - Palladius: шивэй (šivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    世衛 / 世卫
    侍衛 / 侍卫
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: si⁶ wai⁶
  - Yale: sih waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² wɐi̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ví
  - Hakka Romanization System: sii vi^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴ vi³
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵ vi³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-uē
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² ue⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: sū-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxoe
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /su²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: sī-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixoe
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ ue³³/

Noun

侍衛

(archaic) imperial bodyguard

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (侍衛):

→ Japanese: 侍(じ)衛(えい) (jiei)
→ Korean: 시위(侍衛) (siwi)
→ Vietnamese: thị vệ (侍衛)

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
侍衞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じえー (Heiban – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

侍(じ)衛(えい) • (jiei) ^{←じゑい (ziwei)^?}

(archaic) bodyguard of nobility

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
侍	衛

Noun

侍衛 • (siwi) (hangeul 시위)

hanja form^? of 시위

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
侍	衛

Noun

侍衛

chữ Hán form of thị vệ (“royal guard; imperial bodyguard”)

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