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衛

wèi

guard, protect, defend

Strokes
15
Radical
行
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 卫

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 卫, the simplified form of 衛. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 大卫在家。

    Dà wèi zài jiā

    David is at home.

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  • 大卫在家里。

    Dà wèi zài jiā lǐ

    David is at home.

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  • 我去一下卫生间。

    Wǒ qù yī xià wèi shēng jiān

    I'll go to the toilet.

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  • 我当时在卫生间。

    Wǒ dāng shí zài wèi shēng jiān

    I was in the bathroom.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 卫

  • 卫生wèi shēng 4–1 health; hygiene; sanitation
  • 卫生间wèi shēng jiān 4–1–1bathroom; toilet; WC
  • 卫星wèi xīng 4–1 satellite; moon
  • 保卫bǎo wèi 3–4 to defend; to safeguard
  • 捍卫hàn wèi 4–4 to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
  • 防卫fáng wèi 2–4 to defend; defensive; defense
  • 自卫zì wèi 4–4 to defend oneself; self-defense
  • 卫视wèi shì 4–4 satellite TV (abbr. for 卫星电视)