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



Rime
Character 千 里 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 清 (14) 來 (37) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 先 (85) 之 (19) 麻 (98)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) IV III II
Fanqie 蒼先切 良士切 莫下切
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 lǐ mǎ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 lei5 maa5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 千 里 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
qiān lǐ mǎ
Middle
Chinese
‹ tshen › ‹ liX › ‹ mæX ›
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 千 里 馬
Reading # 1/1 1/1 1/1
No. 10792 7826 8715
Phonetic
component
人 里 馬
Rime
group
眞 之 魚
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
千 里 馬
Old
Chinese
/*sn̥ʰiːn/ /*rɯʔ/ /*mraːʔ/
Notes 小徐人聲,甲文乃借人加一

Noun

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

Proper noun

千里馬

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

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).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) チョンリ​マ [chòńríꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕõ̞nɾʲima̠]
  • (Tokyo) チョルリ​マ [chòrúríꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝɾʲima̠]

Noun

千(ちょん)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョンリマ) or 千(ちょる)里(り)馬(ま) or 千里馬(チョルリマ) • (chonrima or chorurima) 

  1. Chollima (mythical Korean winged horse)

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
千里馬

Noun

千里馬 • (cheollima) (hangeul 천리마)

  1. Hanja form? of 천리마.
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