千里

Chinese

		thousand	li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad. (千里)		千	里
Literally: “one thousand li”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-li³
    • Yale: chyān-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianlii
    • Palladius: цяньли (cjanʹli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵
    • Yale: chīn léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienlie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 千里

1. (figuratively) any great distance

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	里
ち Grade: 1	さと Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Proper noun

千(ち)里(さと) • (Chisato) 

1. a female given name