千仞

Chinese

		thousand	(measure)
trad. (千仞)		千	仞
simp. #(千仞)		千	仞

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānrèn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānrèn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄖㄣˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianrèn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-jên⁴
    • Yale: chyān-rèn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianrenn
    • Palladius: цяньжэнь (cjanʹžɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/

Noun

千仞

1. (literary) one thousand rens (see 仞), often used to describe something extremely high

   • 三萬里河東入海，五千仞嶽上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     三万里河东入海，五千仞岳上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1192, Lu You (陸遊),《秋夜將曉出籬門迎涼有感二首（其二）》

     Sānwànlǐ hé dōng rùhǎi, wǔqiānrèn yuè shàng mótiān. [Pinyin]

     Thirty-thousand-mile river enters the sea east; five-thousand-ren mountain scrapes the sky high.

Korean

Hanja in this term
千	仞

Noun

千仞 • (cheonin) (hangeul 천인)

1. Hanja form^? of 천인 (“extreme height or depth”).