驊騮

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See also: 骅骝

Chinese

		chestnut horse	bay horse with black mane
trad. (驊騮)		驊	騮
simp. (骅骝)		骅	骝
alternative forms		華騮／华骝驊駵／骅駵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huáliú

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huáliú
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huálióu
  - Wade–Giles: hua²-liu²
  - Yale: hwá-lyóu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaliou
  - Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

Middle Chinese: hwae ljuw

Rime
Character	驊	騮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸花切	力求切
Baxter	hwae	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/	/luw/
Li Rong	/ɣua/	/liu/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/	/lĭəu/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣwa/	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa⁴	lau⁴

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraː m·ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驊	騮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5313	8885
Phonetic component	華	卯
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	華	劉
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷraː/	/*m·ru/
Notes	見莊子

Noun

驊騮

(literary) fine horse
- 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.
  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.

Proper noun

驊騮

(historical) Hualiu (one of eight horses owned by King Mu of Zhou)
- 驊騮、騹驥、纖離、綠耳，此皆古之良馬也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  骅骝、𬴆骥、纤离、绿耳，此皆古之良马也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE
  Huáliú, Qíjì, Xiānlí, Lǜ'ěr, cǐ jiē gǔ zhī liángmǎ yě.
  Hualiu, Qiji, Xianli, and Lü'er; those are the fine steeds of yore.

See also

駿馬／骏马 (jùnmǎ)
騏驥／骐骥 (qíjì)
騄駬／𫘧𱅋 (Lù'ěr)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
驊	騮
か Hyōgai	りゅう Hyōgai
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かりゅう (Heiban – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

驊(か)騮(りゅう) • (karyū) ^{←くわりう (kwariu)^?}

Hualiu (one of eight horses owned by King Mu of Zhou in ancient China)
- 1530, 清原国賢書写本荘子抄
  麒驥驊騮は古の良馬也。一日の内に千里を馳す。しかれども鼠を捕ことは狸狌にはをとる也。
  Qiji and Hualiu are fine horses in ancient times. They are able to gallop one thousand li in a single day. Nevertheless they are inferior to stray cats in catching rats.
(by extension) fine horse

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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