千里馬

Chinese

		one thousand li; any great distance	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): ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-lí-bé / chhian-lí-má

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānlǐmǎ [Phonetic: qiānlímǎ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ ㄇㄚˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliimaa
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
  - Yale: chīn léih máh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵ maa⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵ ma⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ mäː¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-bé
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-bé
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'bea
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ be⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ be⁵³/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-má
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-má
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienlymar
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mã⁵³/

Noun

千里馬

fine steed
horse going a long journey
(figuratively) talented person
Alternative term for 草鞋 (cǎoxié, “straw sandals”).
Chollima (a mythical Korean winged horse)

Proper noun

千里馬

Name of 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

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) チョンリマ [chòńríꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕõ̞nɾʲima̠]

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) チョルリマ [chòrúríꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
- IPA^(key): [t͡ɕo̞ɾɯ̟ᵝɾʲima̠]

Noun

千里馬 (katakana チョンリマ, rōmaji chonrima, alternative reading チョルリマ, rōmaji chorurima)

Chollima (mythical Korean winged horse)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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