校尉

Chinese

		school; proofread; to check school; proofread; to check; to compare	milit. official; to quiet
simp. and trad. (校尉)		校	尉

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiàowèi

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gaau³ wai³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiàowèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiawwey
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ u̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gaau³ wai³
  - Yale: gaau wai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gaau³ wai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: gao³ wei³
  - IPA ^(key): /käːu̯³³ wɐi̯³³/

Noun

校尉

(archaic) a military rank; captain

Usage notes

Created in the Han Dynasty, this rank was somewhere just below the rank of general. By the Tang Dynasty, the rank had become more of a middle level rank.

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