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): ㄧㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ, ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹ / ji¹ gam² wing⁴ gwai¹
Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): i¹ gim² iong⁵ gui¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yījǐnróngguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yijǐnróngguei
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-chin³-jung²-kuei¹
  - Yale: yī-jǐn-rúng-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiinrongguei
  - Palladius: ицзиньжунгуй (iczinʹžunguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yìjǐnróngguī
  - Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄖㄨㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yìjǐnróngguei
  - Wade–Giles: i⁴-chin³-jung²-kuei¹
  - Yale: yì-jǐn-rúng-gwēi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjiinrongguei
  - Palladius: ицзиньжунгуй (iczinʹžunguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐʊŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - 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/
Southern Min
- (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

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