金字招牌
Chinese
| metal; gold; money | letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word |
signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business, company or product | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (金字招牌) | 金 | 字 | 招牌 | |
| simp. #(金字招牌) | 金 | 字 | 招牌 | |
| Literally: “gilded signboard (for shops)”. | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): gam1 zi6 ziu1 paai4
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kim-lī chiau-pâi
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1cin-zy-tsau-ba
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: jīnzì zhāopái
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣ ㄗˋ ㄓㄠ ㄆㄞˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jinzìh jhaopái
- Wade–Giles: chin1-tzŭ4 chao1-pʻai2
- Yale: jīn-dz̀ jāu-pái
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jintzyh jaupair
- Palladius: цзиньцзы чжаопай (czinʹczy čžaopaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕin⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: gam1 zi6 ziu1 paai4
- Yale: gām jih jīu pàaih
- Cantonese Pinyin: gam1 dzi6 dziu1 paai4
- Guangdong Romanization: gem1 ji6 jiu1 pai4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kɐm⁵⁵ t͡siː²² t͡siːu̯⁵⁵ pʰaːi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kim-lī chiau-pâi
- Tâi-lô: kim-lī tsiau-pâi
- Phofsit Daibuun: kimli ciau'paai
- IPA (Xiamen): /kim⁴⁴⁻²² li²²⁻²¹ t͡siau⁴⁴⁻²² pai²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Wu
Noun
金字招牌
- (figurative) pompous title; vainglorious name