古語

See also: 古语

Chinese

		ancient; old	speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to
trad. (古語)		古	語
simp. (古语)		古	语

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔyǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄩˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔyǔ [Phonetic: gúyǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄩˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔyǔ
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-yü³
  - Yale: gǔ-yǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuyeu
  - Palladius: гуюй (gujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ y²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    古語 / 古语
    穀雨 / 谷雨

Noun

古語

old language; ancient language
old words; old expression

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “old words”): 新語／新语 (xīnyǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (古語):

→ Japanese: 古語(こご) (kogo)
→ Korean: 고어(古語) (go'eo)
→ Vietnamese: cổ ngữ (古語)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	語
こ Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こご [kóꜜgò] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡo̞]

Noun

古(こ)語(ご) • (kogo)

old words that are generally not in use anymore; archaic words

Derived terms

古語辞典(こごじてん) (kogojiten)

See also

死語(しご) (shigo)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
古	語

Noun

古語

chữ Hán form of cổ ngữ