古雅

Chinese

		ancient; old	elegant
trad. (古雅)		古	雅
simp. #(古雅)		古	雅

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔyǎ

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄚˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² ngaa⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-ngá / kó͘-ngée

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔyǎ [Phonetic: gúyǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔyǎ
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-ya³
    • Yale: gǔ-yǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuyea
    • Palladius: гуя (guja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ jä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² ngaa⁵
    • Yale: gú ngáh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² ngaa⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² nga⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ ŋaː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-ngá
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-ngá
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kofngar
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ŋã⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ŋã⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-ngée
    • Tâi-lô: kóo-ngée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ŋɛ̃⁵³/

Adjective

古雅

1. classic and elegant; of classic beauty and in elegant taste; of classic elegance (of material things, literary works, etc.)

Synonyms

• 優美／优美 (yōuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 典雅 (diǎnyǎ)
• 嫻／娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
• 嫻靜／娴静 (xiánjìng)
• 幽美 (yōuměi) (literary, of an environment)
• 彬 (bīn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 彬彬 (bīnbīn) (literary)
• 文雅 (wényǎ)
• 文靜／文静 (wénjìng)
• 斯文 (sīwén)
• 斯文胎胎 (si¹ wen² tai¹ tai¹) (Sichuanese)
• 斯斯文文 (sīsīwénwén)
• 柔美 (róuměi) (of music, scenery)
• 酥巧 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 雅相 (ia³ sian⁴) (Xiang)
• 雅緻／雅致 (yǎzhì)
• 高尚 (gāoshàng)
• 高雅 (gāoyǎ)

 

Antonyms

• 低下 (dīxià)
• 低俗 (dīsú)
• 低級／低级 (dījí)
• 俗氣／俗气 (súqì)
• 俗骨 (zuk⁶ gwat¹) (Cantonese)
• 傖俗／伧俗 (cāngsú) (formal)
• 卑俗 (bēisú)
• 庸俗 (yōngsú)
• 鄙俗 (bǐsú)
• 鄙吝 (bǐlìn) (literary)