先古

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (先古)		先	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ku³
    • Yale: syān-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianguu
    • Palladius: сяньгу (sjanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

先古

1. (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor
2. (literary) the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
3. (literary) the way of the ancient sages

Synonyms

• (ancestors):

• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
• 先人 (xiānrén)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
• 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 公婆 (Hokkien)
• 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
• 早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
• 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
• 祖上 (zǔshàng)
• 祖先 (zǔxiān)
• 祖宗 (zǔzōng)
• 老祖宗
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

 

• (the distant past):

• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (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)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)