古井

Chinese

		ancient; old	warn; well
simp. and trad. (古井)		古	井

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔjǐng

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² zeng²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kú-chiáng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chíⁿ / kó͘-chéⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔjǐng [Phonetic: gújǐng]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjǐng
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-ching³
    • Yale: gǔ-jǐng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujiing
    • Palladius: гуцзин (guczin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡ɕiŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² zeng²
    • Yale: gú jéng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² dzeng²
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² zéng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ t͡sɛːŋ³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kú-chiáng
    • Hakka Romanization System: gu` jiang`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gu³ jiang³
    • Sinological IPA: /ku³¹ t͡si̯aŋ³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chíⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsínn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofcvie
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sĩ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sĩ⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chéⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsénn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzvea
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɛ̃⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sẽ⁴¹/

Noun

古井

1. old well
2. (Southern Min) Alternative form of 鼓井 (“well”)

   • 深深的古井　看無天地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     深深的古井　看无天地 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 2016, 黃妃 (Huang Fei), 毋免歹勢

     Chhim-chhim ê kó͘-chéⁿ, khòaⁿ bô thiⁿ-tē [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     In the deep, deep well, you can see neither the heavens nor the earth