千里

Chinese

		thousand	li, a Chinese unit of length
simp. and trad. (千里)		千	里
Literally: “one thousand li”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānlǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ lei⁵
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-lí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiānlǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianlii
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵
  - Yale: chīn léih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-lí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienlie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ li⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹/

Noun

千里

(figuratively) any great distance

Derived terms

千里之行，始於足下／千里之行，始于足下 (qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐyú zú xià)
千里眼 (Qiānlǐyǎn)
千里迢迢 (qiānlǐtiáotiáo)

千里馬／千里马 (qiānlǐmǎ)
跋涉千里 (báshèqiānlǐ)
送君千里，終須一別／送君千里，终须一别 (sòng jūn qiān lǐ, zhōng xū yī bié)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
千	里
ち Grade: 1	さと Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Proper noun

千里 (hiragana ちさと, rōmaji Chisato)

A female given name

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