遠古

See also: 远古

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	ancient; old
trad. (遠古)		遠	古
simp. (远古)		远	古

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ gu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yén-kú / yán-kú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎngǔ [Phonetic: yuángǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎngǔ
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-ku³
  - Yale: ywǎn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanguu
  - Palladius: юаньгу (juanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ gu²
  - Yale: yúhn gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ kuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yén-kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: ien` gu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /i̯en³¹ ku³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yán-kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: (r)ian` gu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: yan³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an³¹ ku³¹/

Noun

遠古

remote antiquity (often including prehistory)

Synonyms

上古 (shànggǔ)
元古 (yuángǔ)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
古代 (gǔdài)
古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
古時／古时 (gǔshí)
太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
邃古 (suìgǔ)

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