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卫
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Definitions
- 1. to guard
- 2. to protect
- 3. to defend
- 4. health
Words Containing 卫
center forward (soccer position)
moon of Saturn
mothball
to guard
personal bodyguard
sanitary (related to toilet and bathroom)
guard
moon of Mars
hooded sweatshirt
chamber pot
traditionalist
corvette
Io (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter I
state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou
defender
air self-defense force
toilet paper
Domestic Security Protection Bureau, the department of the Ministry of Public Security responsible for dealing with dissidents, activists etc
condom
defense of the imperial palace or of the capital
Commandant of Guards (in imperial China), one of the Nine Ministers 九卿[jiǔ qīng]
to guard
toilet paper
proponent
fullback (sports)
Wong Kar-wai (1956-), Hong Kong film director
sterilized absorbent cotton wool (used for dressings or cleansing wounds)
Red Guards (Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976)
Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Li Wei Gong
defensive weapon
citadel
right forward (soccer position)
guardian
Red Guards
satellite photo
David Miliband (1965-), UK politician
Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors
Europa (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter II
communications satellite
minister of defense (esp. in Japan)
to guard
to launch a satellite
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
satellite TV
tampon
satellite photo
to surround and protect
artificial satellite
to defend oneself
\satellite\ town
Prince KONOE Fumimaro (1891-), Japanese nobleman and militarist politician, prime minister 1937-1939 and 1940-1941
David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物[dì qiú shàng de shēng wù]
Red Guards
quarterback (QB) (American football)
sanitation worker
satellite navigation
satellite navigation system
World Health Organization (WHO)
the Acropolis (Athens)
road traffic policing
Weibin district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市[xīn xiāng shì], Henan
to defend the crown (in sports championship)
lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition
excessive self-defense (self-defense with excessive force)
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia
escort vessel
health
Weibin district of Xinxiang city 新鄉市|新乡市[xīn xiāng shì], Henan
communications satellite
to defend traditional values
Wei Liucheng (1946-), fifth governor of Hainan
to defend one's country
sweatshirt
health bureau (or office, or department, or agency)
self-defense force
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS)
mythological bird, reincarnation of drowned daughter Nüwa 女娃[Nu:3 wá] of Fiery Emperor 炎帝[yán dì]
to defend
Tyvek (brand)
mothball
environmental sanitation
coastguard
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Ganymede (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter III
long underwear pants
rear guard
imperial guard
Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[píng dǐng shān shì], Henan
reasonable self-defense
to stand guard over
David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn (1935-), British diplomat and China expert, Governor of Hong Kong 1986-1992
Weihui county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan
\Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang\, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖[lǐ jìng] and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[wǔ jīng qī shū]
Ministry of Health
global positioning system (GPS)
Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s
Deimos (moon of Mars), aka Mars II
guard of honor
a frigate (warship)
health office
bathroom
moon of Jupiter
the Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt
kitchens and bathrooms
Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator
see 不列顛戰役|不列颠战役[bù liè diān zhàn yì]
health official
Weidong district of Pingdingshan city 平頂山市|平顶山市[píng dǐng shān shì], Henan
Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS
to defend
Zhongwei, prefecture-level city in Ningxia
Phobos (moon of Mars), aka Mars I
medical school
sanitary towel
guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
observation satellite
guard
left forward (soccer position)
Nie Weiping (1952-), professional Go player
(provincial) health department
Patriotic Health Committee
Methodists
public cleanliness
Enceladus (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn II
World Health Assembly
nanosatellite
Imperial bodyguard
Weihui county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[xīn xiāng], Henan
satellite
United States Coast Guard
sanitary equipment
Antwerp (city in Belgium)
public health
National Guard (United States)
coast guard
weather satellite
SS or Schutzstaffel, paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany
Callisto (moon of Jupiter), aka Jupiter IV
guard at gate
self-defense
Wiman Korea (195-108 BC), historical kingdom in Manchuria, Liaoning and North Korea
Titan (moon of Saturn), aka Saturn VI
to defend
advanced guard
The Guardian (U.K. newspaper)
David (name)