衣冠楚楚

Chinese

		hat and clothes; dress; attire	neat and tidy; delicate; dainty
simp. and trad. (衣冠楚楚)		衣冠	楚楚

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 150 (《詩經·曹風·蜉蝣》):

蜉蝣之羽，衣裳楚楚。
心之憂矣，於我歸處。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

蜉蝣之羽，衣裳楚楚。
心之忧矣，于我归处。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Fúyóu zhī yǔ, yīshāng chǔchǔ.
Xīn zhī yōu yǐ, yú wǒ guī chǔ. [Pinyin]

The wings of the ephemera, Are robes, bright and splendid.
My heart is grieved; Would they but come and abide with me!

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yīguānchǔchǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄧㄍㄨㄢㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ gun² co² co²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīguānchǔchǔ [Phonetic: yīguānchúchǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄍㄨㄢㄔㄨˇ ㄔㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yiguanchǔchǔ
  - Wade–Giles: i¹-kuan¹-chʻu³-chʻu³
  - Yale: yī-gwān-chǔ-chǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iguanchuuchuu
  - Palladius: игуаньчучу (iguanʹčuču)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ ku̯än⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ji¹ gun² co² co²
  - Yale: yī gún chó chó
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ gun² tso² tso²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ gun² co² co²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ kuːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵ t͡sʰɔː³⁵/

Idiom

衣冠楚楚

immaculately dressed; well-groomed; dapper

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 撆紮／撆扎

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