卫军 (wèijūn): guards

Meanings

1 guards
2 guard troops
3 garrison forces

Characters

卫

Examples

皇宫外面站着两排卫军。

Huánggōng wàimiàn zhànzhe liǎng pái wèijūn.

Two rows of guards stood outside the palace.

纳粹德国的党卫军臭名昭著。

Nàcuì Déguó de dǎngwèijūn chòumíng zhāozhù.

Nazi Germany's SS (Party Guards) is infamous.

Tips

history

卫军 ('protection army') refers to elite or palace guard units. In Ming dynasty 卫所制 it was a specific military-household garrison system. In modern translations it's the standard rendering for forces like the SS — 党卫军 (Schutzstaffel, 'Party Protective Squadron') — and 国民卫军 for 'National Guard'.