金玉滿堂

Chinese edit

	gold and jade; treasured thing; ornate object	the whole hall or house; all the audience; the whole assemblage
trad. (金玉滿堂)	金玉	滿堂
simp. (金玉满堂)	金玉	满堂
Literally: “to have a house filled with gold and jade”.

Etymology edit

From Tao Te Ching:

金玉滿堂，莫之能守；富貴而驕，自遺其咎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

金玉满堂，莫之能守；富贵而骄，自遗其咎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Tao Te Ching, 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jīnyùmǎntáng, mò zhī néng shǒu; fùguì ér jiāo, zì yí qí jiù. [Pinyin]

When gold and jade fill the hall, their possessor cannot keep them safe. When wealth and honours lead to arrogancy, this brings its evil on itself.

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jīnyùmǎntáng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣㄩˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam¹ juk⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jīnyùmǎntáng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣㄩˋ ㄇㄢˇ ㄊㄤˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jinyùmǎntáng
  - Wade–Giles: chin¹-yü⁴-man³-tʻang²
  - Yale: jīn-yù-mǎn-táng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinyuhmaantarng
  - Palladius: цзиньюйманьтан (czinʹjujmanʹtan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ y⁵¹ män²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰɑŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam¹ juk⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴
  - Yale: gām yuhk múhn tòhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam¹ juk⁹ mun⁵ tong⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem¹ yug⁶ mun⁵ tong⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm⁵⁵ jʊk̚² muːn¹³ tʰɔːŋ²¹/

Idiom edit

金玉滿堂

extremely rich