古拙

Chinese

		ancient; old	awkward; clumsy; dull awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
simp. and trad. (古拙)		古	拙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔzhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔjhuó
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-cho²
    • Yale: gǔ-jwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guujwo
    • Palladius: гучжо (gučžo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu̯ɔ³⁵/

Adjective

古拙

1. simple and unadorned (art, architecture, etc.); simple and unsophisticated; displaying primitive simplicity

Synonyms

• 古樸／古朴 (gǔpǔ)
• 樸實／朴实 (pǔshí)
• 樸素／朴素 (pǔsù)
• 樸質／朴质 (pǔzhì) (archaic)
• 素樸／素朴 (sùpǔ)
• 質／质 (literary, or in compounds)
• 質樸／质朴 (zhìpǔ)
• 質素／质素 (zhìsù)