衛國

See also: 衞國

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	country; state; nation
trad. (衛國/衞國)		衛/衞	國
simp. (卫国)		卫	国

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèiguó

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ gwok³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèiguó
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèiguó
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-kuo²
  - Yale: wèi-gwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weygwo
  - Palladius: вэйго (vɛjgo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ku̯ɔ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    衛國／卫国
    魏國／魏国
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ gwok³
  - Yale: waih gwok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ gwok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ guog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² kʷɔːk̚³/

Verb

衛國

to defend one's country

Proper noun

衛國

(historical) State of Wei (in present day Qingfeng County, Henan), commonly spelt Wey to distinguish it from other states spelt Wei (魏 (wèi)).

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