完璧歸趙

See also: 完璧归赵

Chinese

		intact jade; intact jade; perfect jade intact jade; intact jade; perfect jade; perfect person or object; perfection	to return	state of Zhao
trad. (完璧歸趙)		完璧	歸	趙
simp. (完璧归赵)		完璧	归	赵
Literally: “to return the jade disc intact to the State of Zhao”.

Etymology

For the full story behind this idiom, see He Shi Bi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wánbìguīzhào

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ bik¹ gwai¹ ziu⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wánbìguīzhào
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˊ ㄅㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟ ㄓㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wánbìgueijhào
    • Wade–Giles: wan²-pi⁴-kuei¹-chao⁴
    • Yale: wán-bì-gwēi-jàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wanbihgueijaw
    • Palladius: ваньбигуйчжао (vanʹbigujčžao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän³⁵ pi⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁴ bik¹ gwai¹ ziu⁶
    • Yale: yùhn bīk gwāi jiuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ bik⁷ gwai¹ dziu⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ big¹ guei¹ jiu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ pɪk̚⁵ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵ t͡siːu̯²²/

Idiom

完璧歸趙

1. to return something to its owner in good condition

Related terms

• 璧還／璧还 (bìhuán)