騎射

Chinese

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (騎射)		騎	射
simp. (骑射)		骑	射

Etymology

Earliest attested in a speech by King Wuling of Zhao recorded in Stratagems of the Warring States, :

今吾將胡服騎射以教百姓，而世必議寡人矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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今吾将胡服骑射以教百姓，而世必议寡人矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Jīn wú jiāng húfúqíshè yǐ jiào bǎixìng, ér shì bì yì guǎrén yǐ. [Pinyin]

Now I intend to instruct the hundred clans to adopt the clothes of the Hu in order to practice mounted archery, but this will certainly make [me] the subject of gossip throughout the world."

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíshè

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄜˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ se⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíshè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄜˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: císhè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-shê⁴
    • Yale: chí-shè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyisheh
    • Palladius: цишэ (cišɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ke⁴ se⁶
    • Yale: kèh seh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ se⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ sé⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ sɛː²²/

Verb

騎射

1. to ride horses and practice archery

   善騎射／善骑射  ―  shàn qíshè  ―  to excel in horsemanship and marksmanship

Derived terms

• 胡服騎射／胡服骑射