古碑

Chinese

		ancient; old	a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele
simp. and trad. (古碑)		古	碑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔbēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔbēi
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄅㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔbei
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-pei¹
    • Yale: gǔ-bēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guubei
    • Palladius: губэй (gubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ peɪ̯⁵⁵/

Noun

古碑

1. old stela

   抄寫古碑／抄写古碑  ―  chāoxiě gǔbēi  ―  to transcribe old stelae

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古碑):

• → Japanese: 古碑(こひ) (kohi)
• → Korean: 고비(古碑) (gobi)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	碑
こ Grade: 2	ひ Grade: S
kan’on

Alternative spelling
古碑 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 古碑 (MC kuX pje, literally “old + stela”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こ​ひ [kóꜜhì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞çi]

Noun

古(こ)碑(ひ) • (kohi) 

1. an old stone stela or monument (specifically one with carved text)