HSK 6 · Verbs

捍卫 hànwèi “to defend” in Chinese

Traditional 捍衛

What 捍卫 means

  1. to defend
  2. to uphold
  3. to safeguard

How to say 捍卫

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale捍hàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale卫wèi4th tone, falling

捍卫 in a sentence

  1. 我会捍卫我的原则。

    Wǒ huì hànwèi wǒ de yuánzé.

    I’ll defend my principles.

    Sentence #9780061 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 捍卫 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 捍 (hàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
捍hànto ward off
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 旱dry · hànSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 旱 (hàn) hints at the sound. Compare it with hàn.

The character 卫 (wèi) drawn as one shape
卫wèito guard

卫 is a single shape of 3 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 捍卫

捍 10 strokes · 卫 3 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

捍卫 (hànwèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 捍卫 (hànwèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 捍卫

Words with 卫

卫生间wèishēngjiān · bathroom保卫bǎowèi · to defend卫星wèixīng · satellite

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

捍卫 (hànwèi) means “to defend” or “to uphold”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hànwèi: hàn with a 4th tone, then wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 捍卫 is written 捍衛. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hanwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 捍卫 from the suggestions. Typing hanwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
捍卫 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.