# 騏驎
## Chinese
### Etymology
#### mythic beast

    See 麒麟 (qílín)

#### fine horse, steed

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “From sense "qilin"?”)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qílín
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$ leon$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qílín
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄣˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cílín
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$-lin$^2$
*** Yale: chí-lín
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyilin
*** Palladius: цилинь (cilinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ lin³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$淇淋 麒麐／麒麟 麒麟
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$ leon$^4$
*** Yale: kèih lèuhn
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$ loen$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$ lên$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹ lɵn²¹/
* Middle Chinese: gi lin
Rime :
| Character | 騏 | 驎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 來 (37) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 眞 (43) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 | 力珍切 |
| Baxter | gi | lin |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ | /liɪn/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ | /lin/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ | /ljen/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ | /lin/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ | /liĕn/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ | /lĭĕn/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi/ | /li̯ĕn/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí | lín |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ | lan$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ rin/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 騏 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | qí |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ gi › |
| Old Chinese | /*[ɡ](r)ə/ |
| English | black-mottled grey horse |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 騏 | 驎 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9954 | 8207 |
| Phonetic component | 其 | 粦 |
| Rime group | 之 | 眞 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 | 㷠 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ | /*rin/ |
| Notes | | 見爾雅 |

### Noun

騏驎
* (literary) fine horse; steed
    From: Taiping Guangji (Extensive Records of the Taiping Era), 978 CE
    Jīnbiān pín cè qílínmǎ. [Pinyin]
    The gilden whip neverendingly urges the Qilin steed.
* Alternative form of 麒麟 (qílín)
    From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE, translated based on Alfred Forke's version
    Fènghuáng, qílín, tàipíng zhī ruì yě. Tàipíng zhī jì, jiàn láizhì yě. [Pinyin]
    Fenghuang and qilin are omens of universal peace. In time of universal peace one will see them arrive.

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 騏 | 驎 |
| き Hyōgai | りん Hyōgai |
| on'yomi ||
For pronunciation and definitions of 騏驎 – see the following entry. :
| 【麒麟きりん】 | [noun] [from 720] 麒麟, 騏驎: (mythology, Chinese mythology) a qilin [noun] [date unknown] 麒麟, 騏驎: (shogi) the kirin, a piece in chūshōgi and larger shogi variants [noun] [from 1798] 麒麟, 騏驎, キリン: a giraffe (mammal) Alternative spelling キリン |
(This term, 騏驎, is an alternative spelling (general use) of the above term.) :