Middle Chinese

English

Proper noun

Middle Chinese

1. Chinese language spoken during Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century – 10th century)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Ancient Chinese

   Coordinate terms: Old Chinese, Middle Chinese

Translations

Chinese language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中古漢語／中古汉语 (zh) (zhōnggǔ hànyǔ)

• Finnish: keskikiina
• Galician: chinés medio m
• German: Mittelchinesisch n
• Italian: medio cinese
• Japanese: 中古中国語 (ちゅうこちゅうこくご, chūko-chūkokugo), (pronunciation only) 中古音 (ja) (ちゅうこおん, chūko'on)
• Portuguese: chinês médio (pt) m
• Romanian: chineză medie
• Russian: среднекита́йский m (srednekitájskij) (язы́к)
• Swedish: medeltidskinesiska c
• Thai: ภาษาจีนยุคกลาง
• Turkish: Orta Çince

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Middle Chinese terms

Further reading

• Middle Chinese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code ltc (SIL)