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 ㄧㄨㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² ji¹ wai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Jǐnyīwèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧㄨㄟˋ
  - 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

(history) Embroidered Uniform Guard (the imperial secret police that served the emperors of the Ming dynasty)

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