馬首是瞻

馬首是瞻

Chinese

		horse; surname	head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	be; yes; this	gaze; view
trad. (馬首是瞻)		馬	首	是	瞻
simp. (马首是瞻)		马	首	是	瞻

Etymology

From Zuozhuan:

荀偃令曰：「雞鳴而駕，塞井夷灶，唯余馬首是瞻！」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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荀偃令曰：“鸡鸣而驾，塞井夷灶，唯余马首是瞻！” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

Xún yǎn lìng yuē: “Jīmíng ér jià, sài jǐng yí zào, wéi yú mǎshǒushìzhān!” [Pinyin]

Xun Yan ordered, "At cockcrow, move your chariots. Fill the wells and level the furnaces. Look only at my horses' heads, [and follow me]!"

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mǎshǒushìzhān

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ sau² si⁶ zim¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mǎshǒushìzhān [Phonetic: máshǒushìzhān]
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄕㄡˇ ㄕˋ ㄓㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mǎshǒushìhjhan
    • Wade–Giles: ma³-shou³-shih⁴-chan¹
    • Yale: mǎ-shǒu-shr̀-jān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: maashooushyhjan
    • Palladius: машоушичжань (mašoušičžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ sau² si⁶ zim¹
    • Yale: máh sáu sih jīm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ sau² si⁶ dzim¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ seo² xi⁶ jim¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ sɐu̯³⁵ siː²² t͡siːm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /mˠa^X  ɕɨu^X  d͡ʑiᴇ^X  t͡ɕiᴇm/

Rime
Character	馬	首	是	瞻
Reading #	1/1	1/2	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	明 (4)	書 (26)	常 (25)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	麻 (98)	尤 (136)	支 (11)	鹽 (153)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III	III	III
Fanqie	莫下切	書九切	承紙切	職廉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/mˠaX/	/ɕɨuX/	/d͡ʑiᴇX/	/t͡ɕiᴇm/
Pan Wuyun	/mᵚaX/	/ɕiuX/	/d͡ʑiɛX/	/t͡ɕiɛm/
Shao Rongfen	/maX/	/ɕiəuX/	/d͡ʑjɛX/	/t͡ɕjæm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/maɨX/	/ɕuwX/	/d͡ʑiə̆X/	/ciam/
Li Rong	/maX/	/ɕiuX/	/ʑieX/	/t͡ɕiɛm/
Wang Li	/maX/	/ɕĭəuX/	/ʑǐeX/	/t͡ɕĭɛm/
Bernard Karlgren	/maX/	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/ʑie̯X/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	mǎ	shǒu	shì	zhān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	maa5	sau2	si6	zim1

Idiom

馬首是瞻

1. to regard someone as the leader and follow his or her orders