Save Gender Masculine Usage Chinese Scripts 卫东, 伟东, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /weɪ̯.tʊŋ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 卫 (wèi) meaning "guard, protect" or 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary" combined with 东 (dōng) meaning "east". Other character combinations can form this name as well.