| 卫 | wèi | to guard; to protect; to defend; abbr. for 卫生, hygiene; health; abbr. for 卫生间, toilet; surname Wei; vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces |
| 卫生 | wèi shēng | health; hygiene; sanitation |
| 保卫 | bǎo wèi | to defend; to safeguard |
| 自卫 | zì wèi | self-defense |
| 卫星 | wèi xīng | (space) satellite; CL:颗 |
| 捍卫 | hàn wèi | defend; uphold; safeguard |
| 保卫祖国 | bǎo wèi zǔ guó | to defend one's country |
| 后卫 | hòu wèi | rear guard; backfield; fullback |
| 前卫 | qián wèi | advanced guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (soccer position) |
| 人造卫星 | rén zào wèi xīng | artificial satellite |
| 守卫 | shǒu wèi | to guard; to defend |
| 卫国 | wèi guó | to defend one's country; state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou |
| 防卫 | fáng wèi | to defend; defensive; defense |
| 警卫 | jǐng wèi | (security) guard |
| 汪精卫 | Wāng Jīng wèi | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator |
| 卫生部 | wèi shēng bù | health department |
| 红卫兵 | hóng wèi bīng | Red Guards (during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976) |
| 卫队 | wèi duì | guard (i.e. group of soldiers) |
| 卫士 | wèi shì | guardian; defender |
| 中卫 | Zhōng wèi | Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia |
| 侍卫 | shì wèi | Imperial bodyguard |
| 护卫 | hù wèi | an escort; a guard; to convoy |
| 护卫舰 | hù wèi jiàn | corvette |
| 通信卫星 | tōng xìn wèi xīng | communications satellite |
| 拱卫 | gǒng wèi | to surround and protect |
| 卫护 | wèi hù | to guard; to protect |
| 卫兵 | wèi bīng | guard; bodyguard |
| 国民警卫队 | guó mín jǐng wèi duì | National Guard (United States) |
| 气象卫星 | qì xiàng wèi xīng | weather satellite |
| 卫生防疫 | wèi shēng fáng yì | epidemic-prevention |
| 大卫 | Dà wèi | David (name); Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter |
| 不列颠・保卫战 | Bù liè diān · Bǎo wèi zhàn | Battle of Britain (Jul-Sep 1940) |
| 世界卫生大会 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Dà huì | World Health Assembly |
| 世界卫生组织 | Shì jiè Wèi shēng Zǔ zhī | World Health Organization (WHO) |
| 世卫 | shì wèi | World Health Organization (WHO); abbr. for 世界卫生组织 |
| 世卫组织 | shì wèi zǔ zhī | abbr. for 世界卫生组织 |
| 中前卫 | zhōng qián wèi | center forward (soccer position) |
| 中卫市 | Zhōng wèi shì | Zhongwei prefecture level city in Ningxia |
| 侍卫官 | shì wèi guān | guard |
| 保家卫国 | bǎo jiā wèi guó | guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense |
| 个人卫生 | gè rén wèi shēng | personal hygiene |
| 全球卫星导航系统 | quán qiú wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng | Globalnaya Navigatsionaya Satelinaya Sistema or Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), the Russian equivalent of GPS; abbr. to 格洛纳斯 |
| 公共卫生 | gōng gòng wèi shēng | public health |
| 右前卫 | yòu qián wèi | right forward (soccer position) |
| 唐太宗李卫公问对 | Táng Tài zōng Lǐ Wèi Gōng Wèn Duì | ”Duke Li of Wei answering Emperor Taizong of Tang”, military treatise attributed to Li Jing 李靖 and one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China武经七书 |
| 四分卫 | sì fēn wèi | quarterback (QB) (American football) |
| 土卫二 | Tǔ wèi èr | Enceladus (moon of Saturn) |
| 土卫六 | tǔ wèi liù | Titan; Saturn's sixth moon |
| 大卫・米利班德 | Dà wèi · Mǐ lì bān dé | David Miliband (1965-), UK politician |
| 大卫・艾登堡 | Dà wèi · Ài dēng bǎo | David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物 |