曠古

Chinese

		waste; wilderness	ancient; old
trad. (曠古)		曠	古
simp. (旷古)		旷	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kuànggǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kwong³ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kuànggǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄨㄤˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kuànggǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻuang⁴-ku³
    • Yale: kwàng-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kuanqguu
    • Palladius: куангу (kuangu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰu̯ɑŋ⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kwong³ gu²
    • Yale: kwong gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kwong³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kuong³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷʰɔːŋ³³ kuː³⁵/

Noun

曠古

1. time immemorial

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)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)