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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
vệ • (躗, 讏)
- edge, side
- vệ đường ― the side of the road
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from 衛.
Verb
vệ
- (only in compounds) to protect
Derived terms
- bảo vệ (保衛, “security guard”)
- bệ vệ (陛衛, “imposing”)
- cận vệ (近衛, “bodyguard”)
- Dân quân tự vệ (民軍自衛, “communist militia”)
- dân vệ (民衛, “People's Self-Defense Force”)
- giấy vệ sinh (“toilet paper”)
- hậu vệ (後衛, “(soccer) defender”)
- hồng vệ binh (紅衛兵, “hongweibing”)
- nhà vệ sinh (“bathroom”)
- Nhân Dân Tự Vệ (人民自衛, “People's Self-Defense Force”)
- oai vệ (威衛, “majestic”)
- phản vệ (反衛)
- phòng vệ (防衛, “to protect, defend”)
- sốc phản vệ (“anaphylaxis”)
- thị vệ (侍衛, “royal guard”)
- tiền vệ (前衛, “(soccer) midfielder”)
- tự vệ (自衛, “self-defense”)
- vệ binh (衛兵, “a guard”)
- vệ sĩ (衛士, “bodyguard”)
- vệ sinh (衛生, “hygiene”)
- vệ tinh (衛星, “satellite”)