衣錦

Chinese

		gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	brocade; embroidered work; bright
trad. (衣錦)		衣	錦
simp. (衣锦)		衣	锦

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījǐn, yìjǐn

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ, ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ gam² / ji¹ gam²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijǐn
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chin³
    • Yale: yī-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiin
    • Palladius: ицзинь (iczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìjǐn
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìjǐn
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chin³
    • Yale: yì-jǐn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjiin
    • Palladius: ицзинь (iczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ gam² / ji¹ gam²
    • Yale: yi gám / yī gám
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ gam² / ji¹ gam²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ gem² / yi¹ gem²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ kɐm³⁵/, /jiː⁵⁵ kɐm³⁵/

Verb

衣錦

1. (literary) to wear brocade clothing

Noun

衣錦

1. (literary, figurative) wealth and rank; glory

Derived terms

• 衣錦之榮 / 衣锦之荣
• 衣錦夜游 / 衣锦夜游
• 衣錦夜行 / 衣锦夜行
• 衣錦尚絅 / 衣锦尚䌹
• 衣錦故鄉 / 衣锦故乡
• 衣錦晝游 / 衣锦昼游
• 衣錦榮歸 / 衣锦荣归
• 衣錦過鄉 / 衣锦过乡
• 衣錦還鄉 / 衣锦还乡
• 衣錦食肉 / 衣锦食肉