金縷衣

See also: 金缕衣

Chinese

		metal; gold; money	state in detail; strand; thread	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear
trad. (金縷衣)		金	縷	衣
simp. (金缕衣)		金	缕	衣
Literally: “gold threaded clothes”.

金縷衣

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jīnlǚyī

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄩˇ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ leoi⁵ ji¹, gam¹ lau⁵ ji¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jīnlǚyī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄌㄩˇ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jinlyǔyi
    • Wade–Giles: chin¹-lü³-i¹
    • Yale: jīn-lyǔ-yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinleui
    • Palladius: цзиньлюйи (czinʹljuji)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ ly²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam¹ leoi⁵ ji¹, gam¹ lau⁵ ji¹
    • Yale: gām léuih yī, gām láuh yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ loey⁵ ji¹, gam¹ lau⁵ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ lêu⁵ yi¹, gem¹ leo⁵ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ lɵy̯¹³ jiː⁵⁵/, /kɐm⁵⁵ lɐu̯¹³ jiː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: kim ljuX 'j+j

Rime
Character	金	縷	衣
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)	影 (34)
Final (韻)	侵 (140)	虞 (24)	微 (20)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	居吟切	力主切	於希切
Baxter	kim	ljuX	'j+j
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kˠiɪm/	/lɨoX/	/ʔɨi/
Pan Wuyun	/kᵚim/	/lioX/	/ʔɨi/
Shao Rongfen	/kiem/	/lioX/	/ʔiəi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kjim/	/luə̆X/	/ʔɨj/
Li Rong	/kjəm/	/lioX/	/ʔiəi/
Wang Li	/kĭĕm/	/lĭuX/	/ĭəi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ki̯əm/	/li̯uX/	/ʔe̯i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jīn	lǚ	yī
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gam1	leoi5	ji1

Noun

金縷衣

1. jade burial suit with gold threads

   • 勸君莫惜金縷衣，勸君惜取少年時。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君惜取少年时。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 杜秋娘《金縷衣》

     Quàn jūn mò xī jīnlǚyī, quàn jūn xīqǔ shàonián shí. [Pinyin]

     I advise you to not cherish gold threaded clothes — I advise you to cherish youth.

   • 別戀金縷衣　惜取少年時 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     别恋金缕衣　惜取少年时 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 許冠傑《莫等待》

     bit⁶ lyun² gam¹ leoi⁵ ji¹, sik¹ ceoi² siu³ nin⁴ si⁴ [Jyutping]

     Don't cherish gold threaded clothes; cherish youth

Synonyms

• 金縷玉衣／金缕玉衣 (jīnlǚyùyī)