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后卫 meaning in English

hòuwèi

rear guard; backfield

Traditional 後衛9 strokes

Meaning of 后卫

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hòuwèi
  1. rear guard
  2. backfield
  3. fullback

后卫 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

因yīn为wèi有yǒu强qiáng大dà的de后hòu卫wèi，英yīng格gé兰lán队duì在zài世shì界jiè杯bēi比bǐ赛sài中zhōng总zǒng是shì表biǎo现xiàn良liáng好hǎo。
England always does well in the World Cup matches because of their strong defenders.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

后 hòu · back · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

卫 wèi · to guard · 3 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3

Related words

Words that share a character with 后卫.

最后zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
后边hòubianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后yǐhòuafter; later
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
背后bèihòubehind; at the back
后果hòuguǒconsequences; aftermath
落后luòhòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)
卫生间wèishēngjiānbathroom; toilet

Questions about 后卫

What does 后卫 mean?

后卫 (hòuwèi) means "rear guard; backfield".

How do you write 后卫?

后卫 is made of 2 characters: 后 (6 strokes), 卫 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

How is 后卫 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 后卫 is written 後衛.