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Chinese
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to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard |
to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname |
| trad. (保衛/保衞)
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保
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衛/衞
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| simp. (保卫)
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保
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卫
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Pronunciation
Verb
保衛
- to defend; to safeguard
Synonyms
- 呵護 / 呵护 (hēhù)
- 守 (shǒu)
- 守候 (shǒuhòu)
- 守衛 / 守卫 (shǒuwèi)
- 守護 / 守护 (shǒuhù)
- 張持 / 张持 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 戍衛 / 戍卫 (shùwèi)
- 捍衛 / 捍卫 (hànwèi)
- 看護 / 看护 (kānhù)
- 衛護 / 卫护 (wèihù)
- 護衛 / 护卫 (hùwèi)
- 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
- 防守 (fángshǒu)
- 防衛 / 防卫 (fángwèi)
Derived terms
Descendants
Korean
Noun
保衛 • (bowi) (hangeul 보위)
- hanja form? of 보위 (“protection; defense”)
Vietnamese
Verb
保衛
- chữ Hán form of bảo vệ (“protect; to defend”).