衣錦還鄉

See also: 衣锦还乡

Chinese

		to wear brocade clothing; wealth and rank; glory	to return to one's hometown; to return home; to retire from public life
trad. (衣錦還鄉)		衣錦	還鄉
simp. (衣锦还乡)		衣锦	还乡
Literally: “to return to one's hometown in silken robes”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yījǐnhuánxiāng, yìjǐnhuánxiāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ, ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji³ gam² waan⁴ hoeng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yījǐnhuánxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yijǐnhuánsiang
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-chin³-huan²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yī-jǐn-hwán-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ijiinhwanshiang
    • Palladius: ицзиньхуаньсян (iczinʹxuanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìjǐnhuánxiāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˋ ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄏㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìjǐnhuánsiang
    • Wade–Giles: i⁴-chin³-huan²-hsiang¹
    • Yale: yì-jǐn-hwán-syāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yihjiinhwanshiang
    • Palladius: ицзиньхуаньсян (iczinʹxuanʹsjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵¹ t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ xu̯än³⁵ ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji³ gam² waan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Yale: yi gám wàahn hēung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji³ gam² waan⁴ hoeng¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi³ gem² wan⁴ hêng¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː³³ kɐm³⁵ waːn²¹ hœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 衣錦還鄉

1. to return home a success; to return home in glory