元古

Chinese

		primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (元古)		元	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuángǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuángǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuángǔ
    • Wade–Giles: yüan²-ku³
    • Yale: ywán-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuanguu
    • Palladius: юаньгу (juanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

元古

1. primeval past

Synonyms

• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 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)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)