| 1 | 保卫 | 保衛 | bǎo wèi | bao3 wei4 | to defend; to safeguard | | |
| 2 | 卫星 | 衛星 | wèi xīng | wei4 xing1 | satellite; moon; Classifiers: 颗 | | |
| 3 | 卫生 | 衛生 | wèi shēng | wei4 sheng1 | health; hygiene; sanitation | | |
| 4 | 汪精卫 | 汪精衛 | wāng jīng wèi | Wang1 Jing1 wei4 | Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left-wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator | | |
| 5 | 自卫 | 自衛 | zì wèi | zi4 wei4 | self-defense | | |
| 6 | 人造卫星 | 人造衛星 | rén zào wèi xīng | ren2 zao4 wei4 xing1 | artificial satellite | | |
| 7 | 捍卫 | 捍衛 | hàn wèi | han4 wei4 | to defend; to uphold; to safeguard | | |
| 8 | 守卫 | 守衛 | shǒu wèi | shou3 wei4 | to guard; to defend | | |
| 9 | 卫 | 衛 | wèi | Wei4 | 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 | | |
| 10 | 放卫星 | 放衛星 | fàng wèi xīng | fang4 wei4 xing1 | to launch a satellite; (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success; (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims; to talk big | | |
| 11 | 大卫·尼尔 | 大衛·尼爾 | dà wèi · ní ěr | Da4 wei4 · Ni2 er3 | Alexandra David-Néel (1868-1969), Belgian-French explorer and writer who traveled in Tibet in the 1920s | | |
| 12 | 防卫武器 | 防衛武器 | fáng wèi wǔ qì | fang2 wei4 wu3 qi4 | defensive weapon | | |
| 13 | 个人卫生 | 個人衛生 | gè rén wèi shēng | ge4 ren2 wei4 sheng1 | personal hygiene | | |
| 14 | 左前卫 | 左前衛 | zuǒ qián wèi | zuo3 qian2 wei4 | left forward (soccer position) | | |
| 15 | 防卫 | 防衛 | fáng wèi | fang2 wei4 | to defend; defensive; defense | | |
| 16 | 方红卫 | 方紅衛 | fāng hóng wèi | fang1 hong2 wei4 | The Red Guard was established | | |
| 17 | 大卫・艾登堡 | 大衛・艾登堡 | dà wèi · ài dēng bǎo | Da4 wei4 · Ai4 deng1 bao3 | David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物 ; David Attenborough (1926-), British naturalist and broadcaster, author of Life on Earth 地球上的生物 | | |
| 18 | 殿卫 | 殿衛 | diàn wèi | dian4 wei4 | fullback (sports) | | |
| 19 | 大卫 | 大衛 | dà wèi | Da4 wei4 | David (name); Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French neoclassical painter | | |
| 20 | 厨卫 | 廚衛 | chú wèi | chu2 wei4 | kitchens and bathrooms | | |
| 21 | 赤卫军 | 赤衛軍 | chì wèi jūn | Chi4 wei4 jun1 | Red Guards | | |
| 22 | 不列颠保卫战 | 不列顛保衛戰 | bù liè diān bǎo wèi zhàn | Bu4 lie4 dian1 Bao3 wei4 zhan4 | see 不列颠战役 | | |
| 23 | 北斗卫星导航系统 | 北斗衛星導航系統 | běi dǒu wèi xīng dǎo háng xì tǒng | Bei3 Dou3 Wei4 xing1 Dao3 hang2 Xi4 tong3 | BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) (similar to GPS) | | |
| 24 | 保家卫国 | 保家衛國 | bǎo jiā wèi guó | bao3 jia1 wei4 guo2 | guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense | | |
| 25 | 安特卫普 | 安特衛普 | ān tè wèi pǔ | An1 te4 wei4 pu3 | Antwerp (city in Belgium) | | |