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vệ sĩ

Pronunciation Northern /vḛʔ˨˩ siʔi˧˥/ Central /jḛ˨˨ ʂi˧˩˨/ Southern /je˨˩˨ ʂi˨˩˦/
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bodyguard
Noun
bodyguard
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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
bodyguard Occupations & WorkplaceTheme JobsTag

A person employed to protect someone from physical attack or other dangerous threats.

vi Vị giám đốc luôn có vệ sĩ đi theo để bảo vệ an toàn.

en The director always has a bodyguard following to protect him.

Parts
vệ / sĩ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 衛士 …

OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 衛士

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
衛士
Candidates by syllable
vệ
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
cận vệ / thị vệ / thân binh / bodyguard
Use
bảo vệ / nhà vệ sinh / tiền vệ / vệ tinh …
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