騎射

Chinese edit

		to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride	radio- (chem.); shoot
trad. (騎射)		騎	射
simp. (骑射)		骑	射

Etymology edit

Earliest attested in a speech by King Wuling of Zhao recorded in Stratagems of the Warring States, :

今吾將胡服騎射以教百姓，而世必議寡人矣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

今吾将胡服骑射以教百姓，而世必议寡人矣。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

Jīn wú jiāng húfúqíshè yǐ jiào bǎixìng, ér shì bì yì guǎrén yǐ. [Pinyin]

Now I intend to instruct the hundred clans to adopt the clothes of the Hu in order to practice mounted archery, but this will certainly make [me] the subject of gossip throughout the world."

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qíshè

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄜˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ke⁴ se⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíshè
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄕㄜˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: císhè
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-shê⁴
  - Yale: chí-shè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyisheh
  - Palladius: цишэ (cišɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ʂɤ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ke⁴ se⁶
  - Yale: kèh seh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ke⁴ se⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ké⁴ sé⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɛː²¹ sɛː²²/

Verb edit

騎射

to ride horses and practice archery
善騎射／善骑射 ― shàn qíshè ― to excel in horsemanship and marksmanship

Derived terms edit

胡服騎射／胡服骑射