擬古

Chinese

		plan to	ancient; old
trad. (擬古)		擬	古
simp. (拟古)		拟	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nǐgǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ gu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nǐgǔ [Phonetic: nígǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nǐgǔ
    • Wade–Giles: ni³-ku³
    • Yale: nǐ-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niiguu
    • Palladius: нигу (nigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ gu²
    • Yale: yíh gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ kuː³⁵/

Verb

擬古

1. to imitate ancient styles and art forms; to model after ancient artistic forms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (擬古):

• → Korean: 의고(擬古) (uigo)
• → Vietnamese: nghĩ cổ (擬古)