驊騮

See also: 骅骝

Chinese

		chestnut horse	bay horse with black mane
trad. (驊騮)		驊	騮
simp. (骅骝)		骅	骝
alternative forms		華騮／华骝 驊駵／骅駵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huáliú

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huáliú
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huálióu
    • Wade–Giles: hua²-liu²
    • Yale: hwá-lyóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hwaliou
    • Palladius: хуалю (xualju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯ä³⁵ li̯oʊ̯³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: hwae ljuw

Rime
Character	驊	騮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	麻 (99)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	戸花切	力求切
Baxter	hwae	ljuw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦˠua/	/lɨu/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷᵚa/	/liu/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣua/	/liəu/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦwaɨ/	/luw/
Li Rong	/ɣua/	/liu/
Wang Li	/ɣwa/	/lĭəu/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣwa/	/li̯ə̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	huá	liú
Expected Cantonese Reflex	waa4	lau4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡʷraː  m·ru/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	驊	騮
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	5313	8885
Phonetic component	華	卯
Rime group	魚	幽
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	華	劉
Old Chinese	/*ɡʷraː/	/*m·ru/
Notes	見莊子

Noun

驊騮

1. (literary) fine horse

   • 騏驥驊騮，一日而馳千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骐骥骅骝，一日而驰千里，捕鼠不如狸狌，言殊技也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Qíjì huáliú, yīrì ér chí qiānlǐ, bǔ shǔ bùrú lílíshēng, yán shūjì yě. [Pinyin]

     The (horses) Qi-ji and Hua-liu could in one day gallop 1000 li, but for catching rats they were not equal to a wild dog or a weasel - the gifts of creatures are different.

Proper noun

驊騮

1. (historical) Hualiu (one of eight horses owned by King Mu of Zhou)

   • 驊騮、騹驥、纖離、綠耳，此皆古之良馬也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     骅骝、𬴆骥、纤离、绿耳，此皆古之良马也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Huáliú, Qíjì, Xiānlí, Lǜ'ěr, cǐ jiē gǔ zhī liángmǎ yě. [Pinyin]

     Hualiu, Qiji, Xianli, and Lü'er; those are the fine steeds of yore.

See also

• 駿馬／骏马 (jùnmǎ)
• 騏驥／骐骥 (qíjì)
• 騄駬／𫘧𱅋 (Lù'ěr)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
驊	騮
か Hyōgaiji	りゅう Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かりゅう [kàryúú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾʲɨᵝː]

Noun

驊(か)騮(りゅう) • (karyū) ^{←くわりう (kwariu)?}

1. Hualiu (one of eight horses owned by King Mu of Zhou in ancient China)
   • 1530, 清原国賢書写本荘子抄

     麒驥驊騮は古の良馬也。一日の内に千里を馳す。しかれども鼠を捕ことは狸狌にはをとる也。

     Qiji and Hualiu are fine horses in ancient times. They are able to gallop one thousand li in a single day. Nevertheless they are inferior to stray cats in catching rats.

2. (by extension) fine horse