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Chinese
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piebald horse
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thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous
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| trad. (騏驥)
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騏
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驥
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| simp. (骐骥)
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骐
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骥
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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騏
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| Reading #
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1/1
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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qí
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ gi ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*(r)ə/
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| English
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black-mottled grey horse
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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騏
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驥
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| Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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| No.
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9954
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5853
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Phonetic
component
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其
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冀
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Rime
group
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之
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微
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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1
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Corresponding
MC rime
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其
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冀
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Old
Chinese
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/*ɡɯ/
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/*krɯls/
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Noun
騏驥
- (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 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Qíjì huáliú, yīrì ér chí qiānlǐ, bǔ shǔ bùrú lílíshēng, yán shūjì yě.
- 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. 3rd century BCE
- Qíjì yī yuè, bùnéng shí bù; númǎ shí jià, gōng zài bù shè.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
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, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
- Chéng qíjì yǐ chíchěng xī, lái wú dào fū xiān lù.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
See also
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.