衛戍

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	garrison
trad. (衛戍/衞戍)		衛/衞	戍
simp. (卫戍)		卫	戍
anagram		戍衛／戍卫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèishù

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ syu³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ōe-sù / ōe-sut

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wèishù
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wèishù
  - Wade–Giles: wei⁴-shu⁴
  - Yale: wèi-shù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshuh
  - Palladius: вэйшу (vɛjšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂu⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    衛戍 / 卫戍
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ syu³
  - Yale: waih syu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ sy³
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² syː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sù
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sù
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsux
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² su⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ su²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sut
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sut
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsud
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² sut̚⁵/

Noun

衛戍

garrison (especially the capital)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (衛戍):

→ Japanese: 衛戍(えいじゅ) (eiju)
→ Korean: 위수(衛戍) (wisu)