卫
wèiWèi HSK3

guard

卫 (衛) wèi frequency
guard noun
to guard, protect, or defend

“保卫”中的“卫”字有守护、保护的意思。

“ bǎo​wèi” zhōng de“ wèi” zì yǒu shǒu​hù, bǎo​hù de yì​si.

The character 'wei' in 'baowei' means to guard or protect.

hygiene abbreviation
abbreviation for hygiene or health (卫生 wèi​shēng)

他从事环卫工作多年。

tā cóng​shì huán​wèi gōng​zuò duō nián.

He has worked in environmental sanitation for many years.

toilet noun
abbreviation for toilet or restroom (卫生间 wèi​shēng​jiān)

我租的房子是两室一卫。

wǒ zū de fáng​zi shì liǎng shì yī wèi.

The apartment I'm renting has two bedrooms and one bathroom.

卫 (衛) Wèi
surname Wei proper name
a Chinese surname

卫青是汉朝著名的将军。

Wèi Qīng shì Hàn​cháo zhù​míng de jiāng​jūn.

Wei Qing was a famous general of the Han Dynasty.

state of Wei place name
vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066–221 BC), located in present-day Henan and Hebei Provinces

卫国在周朝时期曾是一个诸侯国。

Wèi​guó zài Zhōu​cháo shí​qī céng shì yī gè zhū​hóu​guó.

The State of Wei was a vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
669th most common 301.8 per million
Movie subtitles
802nd most common 156.4 per million appears in 40% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
10.1 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
37.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Traditional
衛
Strokes
3
Unicode
U+536B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)