駃騠
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Chinese
| phonetic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (駃騠) | 駃 | 騠 | |
| simp. (𫘝𫘨) | 𫘝 | 𫘨 | |
Etymology
Pulleyblank (1962) proposes a Yeniseian origin; he compares it to Ket (kus), Kott (huś), Pumpokol (kut) ~ kus, all descending from Proto-Yeniseian *kuʔs (“horse”).
Schuessler (2007) notes similarity to Tocharian B yakwe (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄊㄧˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: jyuétí
- Wade–Giles: chüeh2-tʻi2
- Yale: jywé-tí
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuetyi
- Palladius: цзюэти (czjueti)
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ tʰi³⁵/
- Homophones:
駃騠／𫘝𫘨
決堤／决堤
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: kyut3 tai4
- Yale: kyut tàih
- Cantonese Pinyin: kyt8 tai4
- Guangdong Romanization: küd3 tei4
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰyːt̚³ tʰɐi̯²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Middle Chinese: kwet dej
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd deː/
Noun
駃騠
- (literary) hinny
- (historical) a kind of steed
- 其畜之所多則馬、牛、羊，其奇畜則橐駞、驢、驘、駃騠、騊駼、驒騱。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Qí xù zhī suǒ duō zé mǎ, niú, yáng, qí qí xù zé luòtuó, lǘ, luó, juétí, táotú, tuóxí.
- Their (the Xiongnu's) livestock are mainly horses, oxen, and sheep; their peculiar livestock are camels, donkeys, mules, jueti, taotu, and tuoxi.
其畜之所多则马、牛、羊，其奇畜则橐驼、驴、骡、𫘝𫘨、𫘦𬳿、𱅛𫘬。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 驢騾 (“hinny”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 驢騾, 駃騠 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 驢騾 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 驢騾, 驢騾子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 驢騾子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 驢騾 |
| Wanrong | 驢騾子 | |
| Xi'an | 驢騾 | |
| Xining | 驢騾 | |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 驢騾子 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 驢騾子 |
| Lanzhou | 驢騾 | |
| Ürümqi | 驢騾子 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 驢騾 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 驢騾 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 驢騾 |
| Xinzhou | 驢騾 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 驢駝 |
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 駃 | 騠 |
| けつ > けっ Hyōgai |
てい Hyōgai |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
- a hinny (hybrid offspring of a male horse and a female donkey)