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HSK
3

to defend

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

wei4 wèi

Meaning


Primary

to defend

Alternatives

defend, defends, defending, guard, protect

Mnemonic


[w-] Walter White is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(e)i] beach house by the bay. He stands in the bathtub while a bunch of sandy 行 sandals are on the other side of the bathroom. He is 衛 defending his 韋 tanned hide against the sandals, that want to rub their sand all over it. If they get close, Walter whips them with a beach towel.

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