Chinese edit

thousand ancient; old
simp. and trad.
(千古)

Pronunciation edit



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (14) (28)
Final () (85) (23)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter tshen kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/t͡sʰen/ /kuoX/
Pan
Wuyun
/t͡sʰen/ /kuoX/
Shao
Rongfen
/t͡sʰɛn/ /koX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/t͡sʰɛn/ /kɔX/
Li
Rong
/t͡sʰen/ /koX/
Wang
Li
/t͡sʰien/ /kuX/
Bernard
Karlgren
/t͡sʰien/ /kuoX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
qiān
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
cin1 gu2

Noun edit

千古

  1. (through) the ages; (for) all time; eternity
    千古不易  ―  qiāngǔ bùyì  ―  everlasting

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

千古

  1. (intransitive, euphemistic, used in an elegiac couplet or on wreaths dedicated to the dead) to rest in peace