車騎

車騎

See also: 车骑

Chinese

		vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe	to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride
trad. (車騎)		車	騎
simp. (车骑)		车	骑
anagram		騎車／骑车

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jūjì, chēqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧˋ, ㄔㄜ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): geoi¹ gei⁶, geoi¹ kei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jūjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyujì
    • Wade–Giles: chü¹-chi⁴
    • Yale: jyū-jì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiujih
    • Palladius: цзюйцзи (czjujczi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chēqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄜ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: checí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻê¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: chē-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chechyi
    • Palladius: чэци (čɛci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/

Note:

• jūjì is the traditional orthodox pronunciation (still prevalent in Taiwan);
• chēqí has become more accepted in recent years (especially in mainland China).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: geoi¹ gei⁶, geoi¹ kei³
    • Yale: gēui geih, gēui kei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: goey¹ gei⁶, goey¹ kei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: gêu¹ géi⁶, gêu¹ kéi³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kei̯²²/, /kɵy̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯³³/

Noun

車騎

1. (archaic) chariots and cavalry
2. (archaic) general of chariots and cavalry (a high ranking position during the Han dynasty)
3. (archaic) a term of respect for one's superior

Usage notes

Ranked just below supreme general 大將軍／大将军 (dàjiāngjūn). Same rank as general of fast cavalry 驃騎將軍／骠骑将军 (piàoqí jiāngjūn).

References

• 車騎將軍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
• Government of the Han Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “If a famous person mispronounces it, is the sin worse?”, in The Epoch Times‎ (in Mandarin), accessed 2009-01-19