衛視

See also: 卫视

Chinese

		to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname	to look at; to regard; to inspect
trad. (衛視)		衛	視
simp. (卫视)		卫	视

Etymology

Short for 衛星電視／卫星电视 (wèixīng diànshì).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wèishì

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ si⁶
Min Nan (POJ): ōe-sī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: wèishì
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /u̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    衛士／卫士
    衛視／卫视
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: waih sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² siː²²/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ōe-sī
  - Tâi-lô: uē-sī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oexsi
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ue⁴¹⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ue²²⁻²¹ ɕi²²/

Noun

衛視

satellite television

Usage notes

This is more commonly used in the names of television stations.

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