實至名歸

Chinese

		real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid	arrive; most; to arrive; most; to; until	name; fame; to describe name; fame; to describe; place	to go back; to return
trad. (實至名歸)		實	至	名	歸
simp. (实至名归)		实	至	名	归

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shízhìmíngguī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sat⁶ zi³ ming⁴ gwai¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): si̍t-chì-miâ-kui

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shízhìmíngguī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄓˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shíhjhìhmíngguei
    • Wade–Giles: shih²-chih⁴-ming²-kuei¹
    • Yale: shŕ-jr̀-míng-gwēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyrjyhmingguei
    • Palladius: шичжимингуй (šičžiminguj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ miŋ³⁵ ku̯eɪ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sat⁶ zi³ ming⁴ gwai¹
    • Yale: saht ji mìhng gwāi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sat⁹ dzi³ ming⁴ gwai¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sed⁶ ji³ ming⁴ guei¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐt̚² t͡siː³³ mɪŋ²¹ kʷɐi̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: si̍t-chì-miâ-kui
    • Tâi-lô: si̍t-tsì-miâ-kui
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sidciemia'kuy
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ miã²⁴⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sit̚²⁴⁻² t͡si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ miã²⁴⁻²² kui³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡si²¹⁻⁵³ miã¹³⁻²² kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si¹¹⁻⁵³ miã²⁴⁻¹¹ kui⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sit̚⁴⁻³² t͡si²¹⁻⁴¹ miã²³⁻³³ kui⁴⁴/

Idiom

實至名歸

1. fame follows merit; to live up to one's reputation; to deserve one's fame

Synonyms

• 實至名隨／实至名随