{"id":24671,"date":"2026-07-15T14:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24671"},"modified":"2026-07-15T14:46:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T14:46:54","slug":"horse-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=24671","title":{"rendered":"Horse Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does a <strong>horse<\/strong> at a <strong>gate<\/strong> have to do with breaking and entering? Let&#8217;s find out.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cindy47452\/97644454\/in\/photolist-9Csi5-zZj1py-6ERaSL-2pFShQ-9n44yx-9UbD4m-acghn4-6bto22-3Kcdye-eGWGQn-2bsoMf6-9YHxNF-iLzoR-YASTqC-GsDUwm-9YLLtQ-21soS37-MxH4Wb-dJ1LbR-zCSnM-271bcgF-9sCeH-2brp2Rk-2pBuwv-9YHxRc-JgxaJj-sEHGg-28Cp88Q-9YELCb-2pFQqm-93wxu-sEHA4-9YBSqx-5jShd4-6bxwrj-yYUbH-25jbHbN-ZFqGa6-21UNCry-2avdUVN-yYUa5-5jSh82-2broJHT-ZrYXXh-LwiA9J-4KYFgS-4GeSMc-6btpgx-5SthtZ-2zMSKo\" title=\"Star&#x27;s Pretty Red Gate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/43\/97644454_f6c630cbfa_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"514\" alt=\"Star&#x27;s Pretty Red Gate\"\/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese word <strong>\u95ef\u5165<\/strong> [\u95d6\u5165] means to break into, to barge into, to intrude (into), to charge in, or to gate-crash. It&#8217;s pronounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/chuangru.mp3\"><em>chu\u01cengr\u00f9<\/em><\/a> in Mandarin and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/cong2jap6.mp3\"><em>cong<sup>2<\/sup> jap<sup>6<\/sup><\/em><\/a> in Cantonese. It&#8217;s also found in Japanese as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/japanese\/chinnyu.mp3\">\u95d6\u5165<\/a> (chinny\u016b), meaning instrusion or forced entry [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%97%96%E5%85%A5\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s that all got to do with horses and gates?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the first character, <strong>\u95ef<\/strong> [\u95d6]  means to rush, to charge, to dash, to break through, to temper oneself (through battling hardships) in Mandarin and Cantonese [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdbg.net\/chinese\/dictionary?page=worddict&#038;email=&#038;wdrst=0&#038;wdqb=%E9%97%AF\">source 1<\/a>], [<a href=\"https:\/\/cantonese.org\/search.php?q=%E9%97%96\">source 2<\/a>], and to rush in or burst in in Japanese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%97%96#Japanese\">source<\/a>]. It&#8217;s made up of the characters <strong>\u95e8<\/strong> [\u9580] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/men.mp3\">m\u00e9n<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/mun4.mp3\">mun<sup>4<\/sup><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/japanese\/mon.mp3\">mon<\/a>), meaning gate, door, entrance, and <strong>\u9a6c<\/strong> [\u99ac] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/ma.mp3\">m\u01ce<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/maa5.mp3\">maa<sup>5<\/sup><\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/japanese\/ba.mp3\">ba<\/a>), meaning horse. It&#8217;s an ideogrammic compound that could be interpreted as a horse rushing through a gate [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%97%96\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The second character, <strong>\u5165<\/strong> means to enter, go into, join and various other things in Chinese, and to enter or insert and so on in Japanese [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E5%85%A5\">source<\/a>]. <\/p>\n<p>The character <strong>\u95ef<\/strong> [\u95d6] also appears in words such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u95ef\u8361<\/strong> [\u95d6\u76ea] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/chuangdang.mp3\">chu\u01ceng\u200bd\u00e0ng<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/cong2dong6.mp3\">cong<sup>2<\/sup> dong<sup>6<\/sup><\/a>) = to leave home to work, to get away from home, to wander the world, well-traveled, adventurous (Mandarin &#038; Cantonese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u95ef\u7978<\/strong> [\u95d6\u798d] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/chuangguo.mp3\">chu\u01cenggu\u00f2<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/cong2wo6.mp3\">cong<sup>2<\/sup> wo<sup>6<\/sup><\/a>) = to get into trouble, to suffer disaster, to suffer an accident, to induce or cause a disaster or misfortune (Mandarin \/ Cantonese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u79c1\u95ef<\/strong> [\u79c1\u95d6] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/sichuang.mp3\">s\u012b\u200bchu\u01ceng<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/si1cong2.mp3\">si<sup>1<\/sup> cong<sup>2<\/sup><\/a>) = to enter (a place) without permission, to intrude into (Mandarin \/ Cantonese)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u95ef\u5173\u8005<\/strong> [\u95d6\u95dc\u8005] (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/mandarin\/chuangguanzhe.mp3\">chu\u01ceng\u200bgu\u0101n\u200bzh\u011b\u200b<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/cantonese\/cong2gwaan1ze2.mp3\">cong<sup>2<\/sup> gwaan<sup>1<\/sup> ze<sup>2<\/sup><\/a>) = gate-crasher, person who crashes through a barrier (Mandarin \/ Cantonese)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/japanese\/chinnyusha.mp3\">\u95d6\u5165\u8005<\/a> (chinny\u016bsha) = to intruder or trespasser (Japanese)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/japanese\/chinnyusuru.mp3\">\u95d6\u5165\u3059\u308b<\/a> (chinny\u016b suru) = to intrude or break in (Japanese)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/%E9%97%96\">Wiktionary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdbg.net\/chinese\/dictionary?page=worddict&#038;email=&#038;wdrst=0&#038;wdqb=%E9%97%AF\">MDBG<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cantonese.org\/search.php?q=%E9%97%96\">CC-Canto<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jisho.org\/search\/%E9%97%96\">jisho<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Blog horizontal --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5001128073855040\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"1685480124\"\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does a horse at a gate have to do with breaking and entering? Let&#8217;s find out. The Chinese word \u95ef\u5165 [\u95d6\u5165] means to break into, to barge into, to intrude (into), to charge in, or to gate-crash. It&#8217;s pronounced chu\u01cengr\u00f9 in Mandarin and cong2 jap6 in Cantonese. It&#8217;s also found in Japanese as \u95d6\u5165 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270,95,104,129,10,78],"tags":[651,416,164,653,652,546,138,281,163],"class_list":["post-24671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cantonese-","category-chinese","category-english","category-japanese","category-language","category-words-and-phrases","tag-cantonese","tag-chinese","tag-english","tag-gate","tag-horse","tag-japanese","tag-language","tag-omniglot","tag-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24671"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24680,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24671\/revisions\/24680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}