Chinese symbol for “corvette”
护卫舰
hù wèi jiàn
Traditional: 護衛艦
escort vessel; frigate; corvette
The closest CC-CEDICT match for corvette is 护卫舰 (hù wèi jiàn), defined as: escort vessel; frigate; corvette.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “corvette”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 护卫舰.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 保护 (保護) | bǎo hù | to protect; to defend |
| 维护 (維護) | wéi hù | to defend; to safeguard |
| 护士 (護士) | hù shi | nurse |
| 辩护 (辯護) | biàn hù | to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of |
| 护照 (護照) | hù zhào | passport; measure word: 本 (běn), 个 (gè) |
| 庇护 (庇護) | bì hù | to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum |
| 卫生 (衛生) | wèi shēng | hygienic; sanitary; hygiene; sanitation |
| 卫星 (衛星) | wèi xīng | (aerospace) satellite; (astronomy) satellite; moon |
| 舰队 (艦隊) | jiàn duì | fleet; measure word: 支 (zhī) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “corvette”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.