汲古

Chinese

		draw water from well	ancient; old
trad. (汲古)		汲	古
simp. #(汲古)		汲	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jígǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jígǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jígǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chi²-ku³
    • Yale: jí-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyiguu
    • Palladius: цзигу (czigu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

汲古

1. (literary) to learn from the ancients; to study ancient texts

Synonyms

• 稽古 (jīgǔ)