馬嵬驛

See also: 马嵬驿

Chinese

		the way station at Mawei	remount stations
trad. (馬嵬驛)		馬嵬	驛
simp. (马嵬驿)		马嵬	驿

Etymology

It was at this site that the lady Yang Guifei was executed on 15 July, 756. The episode is famously described in the poem Song of Everlasting Regret, by Bai Juyi.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎwéi yì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎwéi yì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎwéi yì
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-wei² i⁴
    • Yale: Mǎ-wéi yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maawei yih
    • Palladius: Мавэй и (Mavɛj i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ weɪ̯³⁵ i⁵¹/

Proper noun

馬嵬驛

1. (archaic) the way station at Mawei (located to the west of present day Xingping, Shaanxi)

Synonyms

• 馬嵬坡 / 马嵬坡 (Mǎwéi-pō)

Related terms

• 驛站 / 驿站 (yìzhàn)

References

• 馬嵬驛之變 / 马嵬驿之变 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• 驛站 / 驿站 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh