千里馬

Chinese

		one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse	horse; surname
trad. (千里馬)		千里	馬
simp. (千里马)		千里	马
Literally: “thousand li horse”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǐmǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-lí-bé / chhian-lí-má

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǐmǎ [Phonetic: qiānlímǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlǐmǎ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-li³-ma³
    • Yale: chyān-lǐ-mǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliimaa
    • Palladius: цяньлима (cjanʹlima)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
    • Yale: chīn léih máh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵ ma⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ maː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-bé
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-bé
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'bea
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-má
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-má
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienlymar
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 千里馬

1. fine steed
2. horse going a long journey
3. (figurative) talented person
4. Alternative term for 草鞋 (cǎoxié, “straw sandals”).
5. Chollima (a mythical Korean winged horse)

Proper noun

(deprecated template usage) 千里馬

1. Name of an ancient state around modern Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	里	馬
ちょん Grade: 1	り Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2
irregular

Kanji in this term
千	里	馬
ちょる Grade: 1	り Grade: 2	ま Grade: 2
irregular

Etymology

From Korean 천리마 (千里馬, cheollima).

Noun

千里馬(チョンリマ) or 千里馬(チョルリマ) • (chonrima or chorurima) 

1. Chollima (mythical Korean winged horse)