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

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• 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:

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ-ví
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii vi`
    • 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: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-ōe
    • Tâi-lô: sī-uē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixoe
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /si³³⁻²¹ ue³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ ue²²/

Noun

侍衛

1. (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 [jìéé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑie̞ː]

Noun

侍(じ)衛(えい) • (jiei) ^{←じゑい (ziwei)?}

1. (archaic) bodyguard of nobility

Korean

Hanja in this term
侍	衛

Noun

侍衛 • (siwi) (hangeul 시위)

1. Hanja form^? of 시위.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
侍	衛

Noun

侍衛

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