# 騏驥
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): qíjì
    (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kei$^4$ kei$^3$ / kei$^4$ gei$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: qíjì
*** Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄐㄧˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: cíjì
*** Wade–Giles: chʻi$^2$-chi$^4$
*** Yale: chí-jì
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyijih
*** Palladius: цицзи (ciczi)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$奇跡／奇迹 騏驥／骐骥
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kei$^4$ kei$^3$ / kei$^4$ gei$^3$
*** Yale: kèih kei / kèih gei
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kei$^4$ kei$^3$ / kei$^4$ gei$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kéi$^4$ kéi$^3$ / kéi$^4$ géi$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰei̯²¹ kʰei̯³³/, /kʰei̯²¹ kei̯³³/
* Middle Chinese: gi kijH
Rime :
| Character | 騏 | 驥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 群 (30) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 之 (19) | 脂 (17) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | III |
| Fanqie | 渠之切 | 几利切 |
| Baxter | gi | kijH |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɡɨ/ | /kˠiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɡɨ/ | /kᵚi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɡie/ | /kiɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /gɨ/ | /kji$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ɡiə/ | /kji$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ɡĭə/ | /ki$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /gi/ | /ki$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | qí | jì |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | kei$^4$ | gei$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɡɯ krɯls/
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 | 驥 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 9954 | 5853 |
| Phonetic component | 其 | 冀 |
| Rime group | 之 | 微 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 其 | 冀 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɡɯ/ | /*krɯls/ |

### Noun

騏驥
* (literary) fine horse; steed
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd 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.
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Qíjì yī yuè, bùnéng shí bù; númǎ shí jià, gōng zài bù shè. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Chéng qíjì yǐ chíchěng xī, lái wú dào fū xiān lù. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

#### Derived terms

* 人中騏驥／人中骐骥
* 騏驥一毛／骐骥一毛

#### See also

* 驊騮／骅骝 (huáliú)
* 騄駬／𫘧𱅋 (Lù'ěr)
* 駿馬／骏马 (jùnmǎ)

### References

* “Entry #98585”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.