衣錦榮歸

衣錦榮歸

Chinese

		to wear brocade clothing; wealth and rank; glory
trad. (衣錦榮歸)		衣錦	榮歸
simp. (衣锦荣归)		衣锦	荣归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījǐnróngguī, yìjǐnróngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ, ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹, ji¹ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹
• Min Nan (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ gim² iong⁵ gui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yījǐnróngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiinrongguei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijǐnróngguei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: yìjǐnróngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjiinrongguei
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìjǐnróngguei
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ kweɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹, ji¹ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹
    • Yale: yi gám wìhng gwāi, yī gám wìhng gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹, ji¹ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ gem² wing⁴ guei¹, yi¹ gem² wing⁴ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ kɐm³⁵ wɪŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/, /jiː⁵⁵ kɐm³⁵ wɪŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: i¹ gim² iong⁵ gui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: i kím iông kui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i³³⁻²³ kim⁵²⁻³⁵ ioŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kui³³/

Idiom

衣錦榮歸

1. Synonym of 衣錦還鄉／衣锦还乡 (yījǐnhuánxiāng, “to return home a success; to return home in glory”).