附驥尾

Chinese

		to add; to attach; to be close to to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached	thoroughbred horse; refined and virtuous	tail
trad. (附驥尾)		附	驥	尾
simp. (附骥尾)		附	骥	尾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fùjìwěi

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄨㄟˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fùjìwěi
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄨˋ ㄐㄧˋ ㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fùjìwěi
  - Wade–Giles: fu⁴-chi⁴-wei³
  - Yale: fù-jì-wěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fuhjihwoei
  - Palladius: фуцзивэй (fuczivɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Middle Chinese: bjuH kijH mj+jX

Rime
Character	附	驥	尾
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	見 (28)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	脂 (17)	微 (21)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	符遇切	几利切	無匪切
Baxter	bjuH	kijH	mj+jX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bɨo^H/	/kˠiɪ^H/	/mʉi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/bio^H/	/kᵚi^H/	/mʷɨi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/bio^H/	/kiɪ^H/	/miuəi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buə̆^H/	/kji^H/	/muj^X/
Li Rong	/bio^H/	/kji^H/	/miuəi^X/
Wang Li	/bĭu^H/	/ki^H/	/mĭwəi^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/bʱi̯u^H/	/ki^H/	/mwe̯i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	jì	wěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu⁶	gei³	mei⁵

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*bos krɯls mɯlʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	附	尾
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fù	wěi
Middle Chinese	‹ bju^H ›	‹ mjɨj^X ›
Old Chinese	/*N-p(r)oʔ-s/	/*[m]əjʔ/
English	be attached to	tail
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	附	驥	尾
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1
No.	3525	5853	12882
Phonetic component	付	冀	尾
Rime group	侯	微	微
Rime subdivision	0	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	附	冀	尾
Old Chinese	/*bos/	/*krɯls/	/*mɯlʔ/

Verb

附⫽驥尾 (verb-object)

(literary, humble) to ride the coattails (of a great man)
- 伯夷、叔齊雖賢，得夫子而名益彰；顏淵雖篤學，附驥尾而行益顯。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  伯夷、叔齐虽贤，得夫子而名益彰；颜渊虽笃学，附骥尾而行益显。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
  Bóyí, Shūqí suī xián, dé fūzǐ ér míng yì zhāng; yán Yuān suī dǔxué, fùjìwěi ér xíng yì xiǎn. [Pinyin]
  Though Boyi and Shuqi were worthy people, their names became even more brilliant when they obtained the Master[’s help]. Though Yan Yuan was devoted to study, his actions became even more renowned since he attached himself to the stallion’s tail.

Synonyms

蠅附驥尾而致千里／蝇附骥尾而致千里 (yíng fù jì wěi ér zhì qiānlǐ)
蒼蠅附驥尾而致千里／苍蝇附骥尾而致千里 (cāngying fù jì wěi ér zhì qiānlǐ)