古早

Chinese

		ancient; old	early; morning
simp. and trad. (古早)		古	早

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔzǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄗㄠˇ

• Eastern Min (BUC): gū-cā
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chá

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gou² za²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzǎo [Phonetic: gúzǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔzǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-tsao³
    • Yale: gǔ-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guutzao
    • Palladius: гуцзао (guczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gū-cā
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒa³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chá
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-tsá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofzar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gou² za²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu tsá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sa⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

古早

1. (chiefly Min) antiquity; ancient times

   • 古早屏東是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     古早屏东是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1987, 豬哥亮興嘉慶君 主題曲 (Chu Ke-Liang and Lord Jiaqing Theme)

     kó͘-chá Pîn-tong sī A-kâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     In the old days, Pingtung was Akau

   • 講什麼我親像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     讲什么我亲像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華

     kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h góa chhin-chhiūⁿ kó͘-chá ê Se-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     Didn't you say I was like Xi Shi (legendary beauty) of ancient yore?

Synonyms

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• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 古代 (gǔdài)
• 古時／古时 (gǔshí)
• 古清朝代 (Puxian Min)
• 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)

 

Derived terms

• 古早味 (gǔzǎowèi)

 

See also

• 古典 (gǔdiǎn)
• 古老 (gǔlǎo)

Further reading

• “Entry #1465”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.