前衛

See also: 前卫

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (前衛/前衞)		前	衛/衞
simp. (前卫)		前	卫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ wai⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiân-ōe / chiân-ūi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánwèi
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-wei⁴
  - Yale: chyán-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanwey
  - Palladius: цяньвэй (cjanʹvɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ wai⁶
  - Yale: chìhn waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ wɐi̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien'oe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ue²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ue³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ue²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-ūi
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-uī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cien'ui
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ ui³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ ui³³/

Noun

前衛

vanguard
forward (soccer position)

Adjective

前衛

avant-garde

Proper noun

前衛

(～鎮) Qianwei (a town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	衛
ぜん Grade: 2	えい Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
前衞 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɰ̃e̞ː]

Noun

前(ぜん)衛(えい) • (zen'ei)

vanguard (leading units of an army)
forward (player nearest to the opposing soccer team), lineman (playing position in football), or similar positions in tennis, volleyball, and other sports
avant-garde, vanguard (forefront of any group or movement)

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	衛

Noun

前衛 • (jeonwi) (hangeul 전위)

hanja form^? of 전위

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
前	衛

Noun

前衛

chữ Hán form of tiền vệ (“midfielder”)