錦衣玉食

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	jade	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (錦衣玉食)		錦	衣	玉	食
simp. (锦衣玉食)		锦	衣	玉	食
Literally: “brocade garments, jade meals”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnyīyùshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧ ㄩˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² ji¹ juk⁶ sik⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnyīyùshí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧ ㄩˋ ㄕˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnyiyùshíh
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-i¹-yü⁴-shih²
    • Yale: jǐn-yī-yù-shŕ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiiniyuhshyr
    • Palladius: цзиньиюйши (czinʹijujši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ y⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² ji¹ juk⁶ sik⁶
    • Yale: gám yī yuhk sihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² ji¹ juk⁹ sik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² yi¹ yug⁶ xig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ jiː⁵⁵ jʊk̚² sɪk̚²/

Idiom

錦衣玉食

1. (figurative) a life of luxury; extravagance