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
anagram	迢迢千里

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānlǐtiáotiáo

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ 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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǐtiáotiáo
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄌㄧˇ 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 tʰiou³³⁻²³ tʰiou³³/, /t͡sʰãĩ³³⁻²³ li⁵² tʰiau³³⁻²³ tʰiau³³/

Note:

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

Idiom

千里迢迢

(of a journey) long; distant

Synonyms

迢迢千里 (tiáotiáoqiānlǐ)
千里迢遙