卫

wèi

Other characters with the syllable wei: see all 24 →

Meaning

vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
to guard
to protect

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to defend
abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
health
abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
surname Wei

Example

这食物不卫生。

This food is unhygienic.

From 卫生 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 卫

卫生wèishēnghygienic; sanitaryHSK 3 卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroomHSK 3 保卫bǎowèito defendHSK 5 卫星wèixīng(aerospace) satelliteHSK 5 防卫fángwèito defendHSK 7-9 捍卫hànwèito defend; to uphold; to safeguardHSK 7-9 卫视wèishìsatellite TV (abbr. for 衛星電視|卫星电视[wei4 xing1 dian4 shi4])HSK 7-9 自卫zìwèito defend oneselfHSK 7-9

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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