驃騎

See also: 骠骑

Chinese

		white horse	to ride (an animal or bike); to sit astride
trad. (驃騎)		驃	騎
simp. (骠骑)		骠	骑

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): piàoqí, piàojì

(Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ, ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: piàoqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piawchyi
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: piàojì
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piawjih
  - IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/

Noun

驃騎

(archaic) general of fast cavalry

Verb

驃騎

(archaic) to ride a fast horse at full-speed

Usage notes

Ranked just below supreme general (大將軍). Same rank as general of chariots and cavalry (車騎將軍).

piàojì: is the traditional orthodox pronunciation (still prevalent in Taiwan)

piàoqí: has become more accepted in recent years (especially in the PRC).

References

驃騎將軍 on the Chinese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^zh
Government of the Han Dynasty on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
“If a famous person mispronounces it, is the sin worse?”, in The Epoch Times‎ (in Mandarin), accessed 2009-01-19

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