錦衣衛

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	gown; clothes; to dress gown; clothes; to dress; to wear	to guard; to protect; to defend to guard; to protect; to defend; surname
trad. (錦衣衛/錦衣衞)		錦	衣	衛/衞
simp. (锦衣卫)		锦	衣	卫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Jǐnyīwèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² ji¹ wai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnyīwèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jǐnyiwèi
    • Wade–Giles: Chin³-i¹-wei⁴
    • Yale: Jǐn-yī-wèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jiiniwey
    • Palladius: Цзиньивэй (Czinʹivɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵ weɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² ji¹ wai⁶
    • Yale: gám yī waih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² ji¹ wai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² yi¹ wei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ jiː⁵⁵ wɐi̯²²/

Proper noun

錦衣衛

1. (historical) Embroidered Uniform Guard (the imperial secret police that served the emperors of the Ming dynasty)