訓詁

See also: 训诂

Chinese

		example; pattern; to teach example; pattern; to teach; to train; instruction	comment; explain
trad. (訓詁)		訓	詁
simp. (训诂)		训	诂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xùngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fan³ gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hùn-kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xùngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄣˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syùngǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsün⁴-ku³
    • Yale: syùn-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiunnguu
    • Palladius: сюньгу (sjunʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕyn⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fan³ gu²
    • Yale: fan gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fan³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fen³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn³³ kuː³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùn-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: hùn-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: huonkor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hun²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hun⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Verb

訓詁

1. to interpret the meaning of characters, words and phrases in Classical Chinese texts

Noun

訓詁

1. Classical Chinese text studies
2. exegesis; scholium

Synonyms

• (Classical Chinese text studies): 訓詁學／训诂学 (xùngǔxué)

Derived terms

• 訓詁家／训诂家 (xùngǔjiā)