千里迢迢

Chinese

		one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse one thousand li; any great distance; fine horse; fine steed; fast horse	far away; distant; long
trad. (千里迢迢)		千里	迢迢
simp. #(千里迢迢)		千里	迢迢

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǐtiáotiáo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ lei⁵ tiu⁴ tiu⁴, cin¹ lei⁵ siu⁴ siu⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhian-lí-tiâu-tiâu / chhian-lí-thiâu-thiâu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ li² tiou¹ tiou¹ / cain¹ li² tiao¹ tiao¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǐtiáotiáo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄊㄧㄠˊ ㄊㄧㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlǐtiáotiáo
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-li³-tʻiao²-tʻiao²
    • Yale: chyān-lǐ-tyáu-tyáu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliityautyau
    • Palladius: цяньлитяотяо (cjanʹlitjaotjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰi̯ɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ lei⁵ tiu⁴ tiu⁴, cin¹ lei⁵ siu⁴ siu⁴
    • Yale: chīn léih tìuh tìuh, chīn léih sìuh sìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ lei⁵ tiu⁴ tiu⁴, tsin¹ lei⁵ siu⁴ siu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ léi⁵ tiu⁴ tiu⁴, qin¹ léi⁵ xiu⁴ xiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ tʰiːu̯²¹ tʰiːu̯²¹/, /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lei̯¹³ siːu̯²¹ siːu̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-tiâu-tiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-tiâu-tiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'diau'diaau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² li⁵³ tiau²⁴⁻²² tiau²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-lí-thiâu-thiâu
    • Tâi-lô: tshian-lí-thiâu-thiâu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chienly'tiau'tiaau
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁵³ tʰiau²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰiau²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ li⁴¹ tʰiau²³⁻³³ tʰiau²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: coin¹ li² tiou¹ tiou¹ / cain¹ li² tiao¹ tiao¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ lí thiou thiou / tshaiⁿ lí thiau thiau
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiou³³⁻²³ tʰiou³³/, /t͡sʰãĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰiau³³⁻²³ tʰiau³³/

Note:

• coin1 li2 tiou1 tiou1 - Chaozhou;
• cain1 li2 tiao1 tiao1 - Jieyang.

Idiom

千里迢迢

1. (of a journey) long; distant

Synonyms

• 迢迢千里 (tiáotiáoqiānlǐ)
• 千里迢遙