千里眼

Chinese

		one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse	eye
simp. and trad. (千里眼)		千里	眼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǐyǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ lei⁵ ngaan⁵
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhiân-lî-ngién / chhiân-lî-ngián
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-lí-gán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ li² ngang²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǐyǎn [Phonetic: qiānlíyǎn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlǐyǎn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-li³-yen³
    • Yale: chyān-lǐ-yǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliiyean
    • Palladius: цяньлиянь (cjanʹlijanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵ ngaan⁵
    • Yale: chīn léih ngáahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵ ngaan⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵ ngan⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ ŋaːn¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiân-lî-ngién
    • Hakka Romanization System: qian´ li´ ngien`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian<sup>1</sup> li<sup>1</sup> ngian<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴ ŋi̯en³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhiân-lî-ngián
    • Hakka Romanization System: qian´ li´ ngian`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qian¹ li¹ ngian³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯an²⁴⁻¹¹ li²⁴ ŋi̯an³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-gán
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-gán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'garn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɡan⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coin¹ li² ngang²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ lí ngáng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ ŋaŋ⁵²⁻²¹/

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 千里眼

1. (religion, Chinese mythology) Qianliyan (far-seeing god or benevolent demon usually found as a door god or guardian of Mazu)

Coordinate terms

• 順風耳／顺风耳 (Shùnfēng'ěr), 萬里耳 (Wànlǐ'ěr) (companion)

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 千里眼

1. (figuratively) hawkeye; lynx-eyed; someone with a good sense of sight
2. (figuratively) clairvoyance; clairvoyant
3. (figuratively, colloquial) telescope; binoculars

Coordinate terms

• (a person with good sight): 順風耳／顺风耳 (Shùnfēng'ěr), 萬里耳 (Wànlǐ'ěr) (a person with good hearing)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	里	眼
せん Grade: 1	り Grade: 2	がん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

千(せん)里(り)眼(がん) • (senrigan) 

1. clairvoyance
2. clairvoyant