世衛

Chinese

		life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (世衛/世衞)		世	衛/衞
simp. (世卫)		世	卫

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shìwèi

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shìwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shìhwèi
  - Wade–Giles: Shih⁴-wei⁴
  - Yale: Shr̀-wèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyhwey
  - Palladius: Шивэй (Šivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ weɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ wai⁶
  - Yale: sai waih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ wai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ wei⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ wɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

世衛

WHO; short for 世界衛生組織／世界卫生组织 (Shìjiè Wèishēng Zǔzhī, “World Health Organization”).

Derived terms

世衛組織／世卫组织 (Shìwèi Zǔzhī)

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