DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

防衛大臣

简防卫大臣 · 繁防衛大臣

Mandarin · pinyin fáng wèi dà chén

minister of defense (esp. in Japan)

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

防: fáng · defend; prevent; embankment
衛: Look up this written character
大: dà · big, great, vast, large, high
臣: chén · minister, statesman, official; Kangxi radical 131
卫: wèi · guard, protect, defend

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

2–4–4–2 · fang2 wei4 da4 chen2

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

4character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

防衛大臣 · find source passages ↗ · 防卫大臣 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗

Compare dictionary sources 1 Cantonese reading

Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fong4 wai6 daai6 san4

Cantonese word readings for 防衛大臣. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

CanCLID contributors · CC BY 4.0 · source & license · Data pack