防
卫

To defend in Chinese: 防卫 (fáng wèi)

fáng wèi

to defend

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 防衛1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to defend
  2. 2defensive
  3. 3defense

Stroke order

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防
卫

Zhuyin

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ㄈㄤˊ

fáng

ㄈ/ fㄤ/ angˊ/ second tone

ㄨㄟˋ

wèi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ eiˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

防卫

Simplified

防衛

Traditional

Example sentences

See 防卫 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 遇到坏人时，你有权自我防卫。

    yù dào huài rén shí， nǐ yǒu quán zì wǒ fáng wèi。

    When you run into a bad person, you have the right to defend yourself.

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Related words

防

fáng

to protect

预防

yù fáng

to prevent

防止

fáng zhǐ

to prevent

卫生

wèi shēng

health

保卫

bǎo wèi

to defend

防治

fáng zhì

to prevent and cure

卫星

wèi xīng

satellite

消防

xiāo fáng

firefighting

防范

fáng fàn

to be on guard

防守

fáng shǒu

to defend

防盗

fáng dào

to guard against theft

防护

fáng hù

to defend

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