千里馬

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Chinese[edit]

 
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
simp. (千里马) 千里
Literally: “thousand li horse”.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (37) (4)
Final () (85) (19) (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division () IV III II
Fanqie
Baxter tshen liX maeX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /lɨX/ /mˠaX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /lɨX/ /mᵚaX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /lieX/ /maX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /lɨX/ /maɨX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /liəX/ /maX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /lĭəX/ /maX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /liX/ /maX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 lei5 maa5
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshen › ‹ liX › ‹ X ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.n̥ˁi[ŋ]/ /*(mə.)rəʔ/ /*mˁraʔ/
English thousand li (measure of distance); village horse

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 10792 7826 8715
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*rɯʔ/ /*mraːʔ/
Notes

Noun[edit]

千里馬

  1. fine horse; fine steed; fast horse
  2. (figurative) talented person
  3. (obsolete) courier
    Synonym: 走文書走文书
  4. Alternative term for 草鞋 (cǎoxié, “straw sandals”).
  5. Chollima (a mythical Korean winged horse)
  6. (Móng Cái Cantonese) frog

Synonyms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

千里馬

  1. An ancient state around modern Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ちょん
Grade: 1

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
irregular
Kanji in this term
ちょる
Grade: 1

Grade: 2

Grade: 2
irregular
 千里馬 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

From Korean 천리마 (千里馬, cheollima).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) チョルリ [chòrúríꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝɾʲima̠]

Noun[edit]

(ちょん)()() or 千里馬(チョンリマ) or (ちょる)()() or 千里馬(チョルリマ) (chonrima or chorurima

  1. Chollima (mythical Korean winged horse)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean[edit]

Hanja in this term

Noun[edit]

千里馬 (cheollima) (hangeul 천리마)

  1. Hanja form? of 천리마.