遠古

See also: 远古

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	ancient; old
trad. (遠古)		遠	古
simp. (远古)		远	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuǎngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-kú / yán-kú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎngǔ [Phonetic: yuángǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yüan³-ku³
    • Yale: ywǎn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanguu
    • Palladius: юаньгу (juanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁵ gu²
    • Yale: yúhn gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: ien` gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ ku³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian` gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ ku³¹/

Noun

遠古

1. remote antiquity (often including prehistory)

Synonyms

• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 古代 (gǔdài)
• 古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
• 古時／古时 (gǔshí)
• 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)