錦衣衛 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 锦衣卫 jǐnyīwèi ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄧ ㄨㄟˋ Brocade Uniform Guard, imperial bodyguard and secret police force of the Ming emperors Character by character 錦(jǐn)brocade 衣(yī)clothes 衛(wèi)surname Wei A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0