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萬古
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万古
Contents
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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Derived terms
1.2.2
Descendants
Chinese
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ten thousand; a great number;
surname
ancient; old
trad.
(
萬古
)
萬
古
simp.
(
万古
)
万
古
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
wàngǔ
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
maan
6
gu
2
Hakka
(
Sixian
,
PFS
)
:
van-kú
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
,
POJ
)
:
bān-kó͘
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
Hanyu Pinyin
:
wàngǔ
Zhuyin
:
ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
wàngǔ
Wade–Giles
:
wan
4
-ku
3
Yale
:
wàn-gǔ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
wannguu
Palladius
:
ваньгу
(vanʹgu)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Homophones
:
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腕骨
萬古
/
万古
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
maan
6
gu
2
Yale
:
maahn gú
Cantonese Pinyin
:
maan
6
gu
2
Guangdong Romanization
:
man
6
gu
2
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/maːn²² kuː³⁵/
Hakka
(
Sixian
, incl.
Miaoli
and
Meinong
)
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ
:
van-kú
Hakka Romanization System
:
van gu`
Hagfa Pinyim
:
van
4
gu
3
Sinological
IPA
:
/van⁵⁵ ku³¹/
Southern Min
(
Hokkien
:
Xiamen
,
Quanzhou
,
Zhangzhou
)
Pe̍h-ōe-jī
:
bān-kó͘
Tâi-lô
:
bān-kóo
Phofsit Daibuun
:
baxnkor
IPA
(
Xiamen
,
Zhangzhou
)
:
/ban²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/
IPA
(
Quanzhou
)
:
/ban⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
Noun
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萬古
(
literary
)
aeons
;
eternity
「
天
不
生
仲尼
,
萬古
長
如
夜
!」
[
Written Vernacular Chinese
,
trad.
]
「
天
不
生
仲尼
,
万古
长
如
夜
!」
[
Written Vernacular Chinese
,
simp.
]
From:
Various editors,
Collected Conversations of Master Zhu
,
c.
13
th
century
CE
“tiān bù shēng Zhòngní,
wàngǔ
cháng rú yè!”
[Pinyin]
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Derived terms
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千秋萬古
/
千秋万古
(
qiānqiūwàngǔ
)
萬古不滅
/
万古不灭
萬古千秋
/
万古千秋
(
wàngǔqiānqiū
)
萬古流芳
/
万古流芳
萬古留芳
/
万古留芳
萬古長春
/
万古长春
萬古長青
/
万古长青
(
wàngǔchángqīng
)
Descendants
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Proto-Turkic:
*beŋkü
(
“
eternal, eternity
”
)