千仞

Chinese

		thousand	(measure)
trad. (千仞)		千	仞
simp. ^#(千仞)		千	仞

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiānrèn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄖㄣˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiānrèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cianrèn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-jên⁴
  - Yale: chyān-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianrenn
  - Palladius: цяньжэнь (cjanʹžɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʐən⁵¹/

Noun

千仞

(literary) one thousand rens (see 仞), often used to describe something extremely high
- 三萬里河東入海，五千仞嶽上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  三万里河东入海，五千仞岳上摩天。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 1192, Lu You (陸遊),《秋夜將曉出籬門迎涼有感二首（其二）》
  Sānwànlǐ hé dōng rùhǎi, wǔqiānrèn yuè shàng mótiān. [Pinyin]
  Thirty-thousand-mile river enters the sea east; five-thousand-ren mountain scrapes the sky high.

Korean

Hanja in this term
千	仞

Noun

千仞 • (cheonin) (hangeul 천인)

Hanja form^? of 천인 (“extreme height or depth”).

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