騏驥

Chinese

		piebald horse	thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
trad. (騏驥)		騏	驥
simp. (骐骥)		骐	骥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qíjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ kei³ / kei⁴ gei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cíjì
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-chi⁴
    • Yale: chí-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijih
    • Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 奇跡／奇迹 騏驥／骐骥

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ kei³ / kei⁴ gei³
    • Yale: kèih kei / kèih gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ kei³ / kei⁴ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ kéi³ / kéi⁴ géi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ kʰei̯³³/, /kʰei̯²¹ kei̯³³/

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• Middle Chinese: gi kijH

Rime
Character	騏	驥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	渠之切	几利切
Baxter	gi	kijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/kˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/kᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/kiɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/kjiH/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/kjiH/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/kiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/	/kiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	jì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	gei3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ  krɯls/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	騏
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qí
Middle Chinese	‹ gi ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɡ](r)ə/
English	black-mottled grey 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	騏	驥
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	9954	5853
Phonetic component	其	冀
Rime group	之	微
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	其	冀
Old Chinese	/*ɡɯ/	/*krɯls/

Noun

騏驥

1. (literary) fine horse; steed

   • 騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Qíjì huáliú, yīrì ér chí qiānlǐ, bǔ shǔ bùrú lílíshēng, yán shūjì yě. [Pinyin]

     The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wild dog or a weasel - the gifts of creatures are different.

   • 騏驥一躍，不能十步；駑馬十駕，功在不舍。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骐骥一跃，不能十步；驽马十驾，功在不舍。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Qíjì yī yuè, bùnéng shí bù; númǎ shí jià, gōng zài bù shè. [Pinyin]

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   • 乘騏驥以馳騁兮，來吾道夫先路。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     乘骐骥以驰骋兮，来吾道夫先路。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Verses of Chu, 4^th century BCE – 2^nd century CE

     Chéng qíjì yǐ chíchěng xī, lái wú dào fū xiān lù. [Pinyin]

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Derived terms

• 人中騏驥／人中骐骥
• 騏驥一毛／骐骥一毛

 

See also

• 驊騮／骅骝 (huáliú)
• 騄駬／𫘧𱅋 (Lù'ěr)
• 駿馬／骏马 (jùnmǎ)

References

• “Entry #98585”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.