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Trad. 衛
- surname Wei
- vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces
Trad. 衛
- to guard
- to protect
- to defend
- abbr. for 衛生|卫生, hygiene
- health
- abbr. for 衛生間|卫生间, toilet
Trad. 環衛
- public cleanliness
- (urban) sanitation
- environmental sanitation
- abbr. for 環境衛生|环境卫生[huan2 jing4 wei4 sheng1]
Trad. 衛霍
- abbr. for generals Wei Qing 衛青|卫青 and Huo Qubing 霍去病 of Western Han 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders
Trad. 禁衛
- defense of the imperial palace or of the capital
- the palace guard (or a member of that unit)
Trad. 精衛
- mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wa2] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[Yan2 di4]
Trad. 世衛
- World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1])
Trad. 衛奕信
- David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
Trad. 錦衣衛
- Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
Trad. 衛東區
- Weidong, a district of Pingdingshan City 平頂山市|平顶山市[Ping2 ding3 shan1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 衛濱區
- Weibin, a district of Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 衛生棉
- sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)
- (Tw) sanitary napkin
Trad. 衛生署
- health bureau (or office, or department, or agency)
Trad. 衛生衣
- (dialect) thermal undershirt; long underwear top
Trad. 衛生褲
- (dialect) thermal underwear bottoms; long underwear pants
Trad. 放衛星
- to launch a satellite
- (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success
- (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims
- to talk big
Trad. 衛輝市
- Weihui, a county-level city in Xinxiang City 新鄉市|新乡市[Xin1 xiang1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 中衛市
- Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region 寧夏回族自治區|宁夏回族自治区[Ning2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 qu1]
Trad. 汪精衛
- Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
Trad. 親衛隊
- SS or Schutzstaffel, paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany
Trad. 愛衛會
- Patriotic Health Committee (abbr. for 愛國衛生運動委員會|爱国卫生运动委员会[Ai4 guo2 Wei4 sheng1 Yun4 dong4 Wei3 yuan2 hui4])
Trad. 捍衛者
- defender (usu. of sth abstract such as people's rights or a government policy)
Trad. 李衛公
- Li Wei Gong
- Duke Li of Wei, official title of Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4]
Trad. 威海衛
- Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
Trad. 近衛文麿
- Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941
Trad. 衛氏朝鮮
- Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Trad. 衛滿朝鮮
- Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Trad. 正當防衛
- reasonable self-defense
- legitimate defense
Trad. 防衛大臣
- minister of defense (esp. in Japan)
Trad. 防衛過當
- excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
Trad. 保家衛國
- guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
Trad. 精衛填海
- lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
- task of Sisyphus
- determination in the face of impossible odds
Trad. 世衛組織
- World Health Organization (WHO) (abbr. for 世界衛生組織|世界卫生组织[Shi4 jie4 Wei4 sheng1 Zu3 zhi1])
Trad. 環境衛生
- environmental sanitation
- abbr. to 環衛|环卫[huan2 wei4]
Trad. 大衛·尼爾
- Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s
Trad. 大衛營和約
- the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
Trad. 國民警衛隊
- National Guard (United States)
Trad. 航空自衛隊
- air self-defense force
Trad. 大衛·艾登堡
- David Attenborough (1926–), British naturalist and broadcaster
Trad. 衛星定位系統
- GPS (Global Positioning System)
Trad. 衛星導航系統
- satellite navigation system
- sat-nav
Trad. 不列顛保衛戰
- see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[Bu4 lie4 dian1 Zhan4 yi4]
Trad. 世界衛生大會
- World Health Assembly
Trad. 世界衛生組織
- World Health Organization (WHO)
Trad. 大衛·米利班德
- David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
Trad. 美國海岸警衛隊
- United States Coast Guard
Trad. 國內安全保衛局
- Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for political security, monitoring dissidents, religious groups and activities deemed a threat to state stability
Trad. 唐太宗李衛公問對
- "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang", military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[Li3 Jing4] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1]
Trad. 北斗衛星導航系統
- BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
Trad. 全球衛星導航系統
- Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
- abbr. to 格洛納斯|格洛纳斯
Trad. 愛國衛生運動委員會
- Patriotic Health Committee
Trad. 普列謝茨克衛星發射場
- Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia