講古

See also: 讲古

Chinese

	to talk; speech; to speak to talk; speech; to speak; to tell; to explain	ancient; old
trad. (講古)	講	古
simp. (讲古)	讲	古
alternative forms	講故／讲故

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǎnggǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gong² gu²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kóng-kú

(Hailu, HRS): gong^ˊ gu^ˊ

(Meixian, Guangdong): gong³ gu³
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gorng³ gou³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kóng-kó͘ / káng-kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gang² gou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiǎnggǔ [Phonetic: jiánggǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄤˇ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǎnggǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chiang³-ku³
  - Yale: jyǎng-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeangguu
  - Palladius: цзянгу (czjangu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: gong² gu²
  - Yale: góng gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gong² gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: gong² gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɔːŋ³⁵ kuː³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
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    港股
    講古 / 讲古
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kóng-kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˋ gu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gong³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ³¹ ku³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gong^ˊ gu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /koŋ²⁴⁻³³ ku²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: gong³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kɔŋ³¹ ku³¹/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ gou³ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ gou³]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gô̤ng-gô
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ⁴⁵³⁻¹¹ kɔu⁴⁵³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: gorng³ gou³ [Phonetic: gorng⁵ gou³]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɒŋ³³²⁻²¹ kɔu³³²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Taichung, Kinmen, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kóng-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: kóng-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofngkor
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Yilan, Tainan, Hsinchu, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: káng-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: káng-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafngkor
  - IPA (Lukang): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁻³⁵ kɔ⁵⁵/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /kaŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kaŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /kaŋ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ kɔ⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gang² gou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: káng kóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kou⁵²⁻²¹/

Verb

講古

(Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) to tell stories (especially as an art, often accompanied by music)
講古佬／讲古佬 [Cantonese] ― gong² gu² lou² [Jyutping] ― orator

聽講古／听讲古 [Cantonese] ― teng¹ gong² gu² [Jyutping] ― to listen to a narration
(Jinjiang and Philippine Hokkien) to chat

Synonyms

(to tell stories):

學古 / 学古 (oh⁸ gou²) (Teochew)
詖古 / 诐古 (puêh⁸ gou²) (Teochew)
說書 / 说书 (shuōshū)

(to chat):

Dialectal synonyms of 閒談 (“to chat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		聊, 閒談, 聊天, 談天, 閒聊, 攀談, 扯, 拉扯
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	聊天兒, 拉呱, 拉呱兒, 嘮嗑兒, 扯句兒
	Taiwan	聊天
	Chengde	嘮嗑兒
	Chifeng	聊天, 嘮嗑兒
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒
	Heihe	聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯
	Qiqihar	聊天, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮扯, 閒扯
	Harbin	閒拉, 閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
	Jiamusi	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯, 拍話兒
	Baicheng	閒扯, 嘮嗑兒
	Changchun	嘮嗑兒
	Tonghua	嘮嗑兒, 閒扯
	Shenyang	聊天兒, 嘮嗑兒, 嘮嗑, 閒扯, 瞎聊
	Jinzhou	聊天兒, 談天, 閒聊, 打嘮兒, 嘮嗑兒, 閒扯
	Singapore	談天
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	搭咯
	Tangshan	聊天兒, 談天, 拉嗑兒, 扯閑篇兒
	Cangzhou	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 說閒話兒
	Baoding	聊天兒, 說話兒
	Shijiazhuang	談天
	Lijin	閒扯, 拉呱兒
	Jinan	拉呱兒, 拉拉, 拉, 聊天兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	嘮嗑兒
	Dandong	閒聊, 嘮嗑兒, 閒嘮嗑兒
	Yantai	拉呱兒, 說話兒
	Yantai (Muping)	拉呱兒
	Qingdao	拉呱, 拉呱兒
	Zhucheng	拉呱兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	談天兒, 聊天兒, 說閒話兒, 扯卵蛋, 拍話兒
	Lingbao	閒諞
	Jining	拉呱兒, 閒拉
	Wanrong	閒諞
	Linfen	閒拍
	Shangqiu	拉呱兒, 閒扯
	Yuanyang	談天兒, 聊天兒
	Zhengzhou	說閒話兒
	Xinyang	拍脖兒
	Baihe	聊天, 拍古今
	Xi'an	聊天兒, 談天兒, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 拉閒話, 諞閒傳, 諞
	Baoji	閒扯, 閒諞, 諞閒傳
	Tianshui	搞閒哩, 諞閒傳
	Xining	喧話, 喧板, 諞傳, 諞, 扯雜, 扯乾蛋
	Xuzhou	聊天兒, 拉呱兒, 閒侃, 閒扯
	Suining	擺龍門陣
	Fuyang	拉呱, 閒扯
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	扯磨, 諞閒傳, 𠷨, 閒諞
	Lanzhou	聊天, 扯閒談, 喧官, 諞傳, 諞閒傳, 諞乾傳, 閒諞, 諞
	Dunhuang	聊天, 閒談, 諞
	Hami	喧荒, 諞
	Ürümqi	閒扯, 喧荒, 閒諞, 諞傳子, 諞, 喧
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	擺龍門陣, 擺談, 擺, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 扯把子
	Nanchong	聊天, 擺龍門陣
	Dazhou	擺龍門陣
	Hanyuan	擺龍門陣
	Xichang	擺龍門陣
	Zigong	擺龍門陣
	Chongqing	吹牛兒, 擺龍門陣, 吹空老靠
	Wuhan	談天, 閒扯, 談家常, 聒天, 閒聒
	Yichang	聊天, 談天, 瞎聊
	Xiangyang	聊天兒, 談天
	Tianmen	談天, 款白話
	Guiyang	擺龍門陣, 衝殼子, 吹殼子, 衝牛殼, 吹牛殼, 吹牛, 閒扯
	Zunyi	吹牛, 擺龍門陣, 吹殼子
	Bijie	擺龍門陣, 吹牛
	Liping	款白嘮
	Zhaotong	衝殼子, 擺龍門陣
	Shuifu	擺龍門陣, 扯把子
	Daguan	衝殼子, 擺龍門陣, 扯把子
	Dali	衝殼子
	Kunming	聊天, 談天, 扯閒, 衝殼子, 譜賓白
	Mengzi	衝殼子
	Guilin	扯談, 談板路, 扯板路, 聒聊天
	Liuzhou	聒聊天, 扯大炮, 傾偈, 聊天, 扯淡, 講嘴
	Jishou	講白話
	Changde	扯懶談
	Hanzhong	諞閒傳, 擺龍門陣
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	聊天, 閒扯, 聒白, 聒聒, 聒聒白, 拉呱, 吹
	Yangzhou	聊天, 談天, 談心, 閒扯, 吹牛, 吹, 沰談話
	Lianyungang	擦呱
	Lianshui	擦呱
	Nantong	聊天, 講閒話, 閒談, 扯呱
	Anqing	閒扯
	Wuhu	閒聊, 聒聒
	Hefei	閒談, 聒淡, 聒聒
	Hong'an	談天, 閒扯, 聒天, 閒聒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	傾偈, 打牙骹, 黐牙音
	Hong Kong	傾偈, 打牙骹, 吹水
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	打牙交
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	傾偈
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Macau	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	傾偈
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Foshan	傾偈
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	講時聞, 傾偈
	Foshan (Shunde)	傾偈
	Foshan (Sanshui)	傾偈
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	傾偈
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	傾偈
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	傾偈
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	傾偈
	Taishan	傾偈
	Kaiping (Chikan)	傾偈
	Enping (Niujiang)	傾偈
	Heshan (Yayao)	傾偈
	Dongguan	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	傾偈, 打牙骹
	Yangjiang	講嘴, 傾偈, 傾
	Xinyi	傾
	Nanning	傾偈
	Wuzhou	傾偈
	Yulin	傾偈, 車大炮
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	傾偈, 傾低, 車大炮
	Beihai	傾偈, 傾一傾
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	傾偈
	Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	傾
	Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	傾偈
	Singapore (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	傾偈
	Móng Cái	傾偈
Gan	Nanchang	談坨, 談天
	Lichuan	話閒事, 學事
	Pingxiang	打閒講
Hakka	Meixian	閒談, 講閒談, 講牙蛇
	Xingning	講閒談
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	傾偈
	Huiyang	打牙花
	Huidong (Daling)	講閒話
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	打牙骹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	打牙花
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	傾偈
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	閒尞
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	講閒談, 講仙天
	Wuhua (Changbu)	講閒談
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	閒談
	Wuhua (Meilin)	喥牙談, 講嘴哩
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	講閒談
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	閒談
	Changting	講閒談
	Wuping	講閒談
	Wuping (Pingyu)	講閒談
	Ninghua	聊天
	Yudu	吵天, 打吱喳
	Ruijin	嘈閒天
	Shicheng	談閒天
	Shangyou (Shexi)	講閒天
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	打嘴鼓, 閒談
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打嘴鼓, 譫哆
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	答嘴鼓, 答詑
	Hong Kong	講水古
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	車大炮
	Sabah (Longchuan)	傾偈, 車大炮
	Singkawang	尞
Huizhou	Jixi	談天, 聒談
Huizhou	Shexian	談天, 談心
Jin	Taiyuan	倒楔, 呱答
	Yangyuan	聊天, 談天, 閒扯, 瞎聊, 瞎扯, 拉咕呱兒
	Datong	呱答
	Xinzhou	閒扯, 圪扯, 閒叨拉, 閒拍達, 閒拉呱, 叨拉, 拍達, 拉呱, 胡叨拉
	Lüliang (Lishi)	聊天, 拉閒話, 告訴
	Changzhi	閒扯, 瞎拍
	Linhe	拉話, 閒拍
	Jining	瞎聊
	Hohhot	搗拉, 拉呱
	Erenhot	閒扯
	Pingshan	閒拍搭
	Zhangjiakou	拉閒話
	Handan	聊天兒, 談天
	Linzhou	拍閒
	Jiaozuo	扯
	Suide	拉話
Northern Min	Jian'ou	冇講, 講故事
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	攀講, 講症
	Fuqing	攀講
	Matsu	攀講
Southern Min	Xiamen	冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 拍拉涼, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪牙, 練㾪話, 練戇話, 喝仙
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	喝仙
	Quanzhou	冇談, 練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Jinjiang	講古
	Zhangzhou	練仙, 答喙鼓, 拍喙鼓, 觸喙鼓, 敲嘓, 練牙, 練㾪話, 喝仙
	Zhao'an	拍嘓, 設潲
	Taipei	開講, 答喙鼓, 敲虎𡳞
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Kaohsiung	破豆, 開講, 答喙鼓, 畫虎𡳞
	Yilan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Changhua (Lukang)	畫虎𡳞
	Taichung	開講, 破豆
	Tainan	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Hsinchu	開講
	Kinmen	答喙鼓, 開講
	Penghu (Magong)	開講, 畫虎𡳞
	Penang (Hokkien)	傾偈
	Singapore (Hokkien)	敲嘓, 傾偈
	Manila (Hokkien)	講古
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	傾偈
	Chaozhou	詖閒話
	Shantou	詖話, 䛩奅
	Jieyang	詖話
	Haifeng	拍法
	Singapore (Teochew)	敲嘓, 詖涼詖熱
	Leizhou	講四方, 講善喻, 傾談, 落灑
Puxian Min	Putian	講新聞, 百靈
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	講新聞
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	講新聞
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	講新聞
	Xianyou	講新聞
	Xianyou (Fengting)	講新聞
	Xianyou (Youyang)	講新聞
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	傾偈
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	傾偈
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	聊天
Wu	Shanghai	講張, 茄山河, 講閒話
	Shanghai (Chongming)	講神
	Suzhou	講張
	Wuxi	扯, 扯老空
	Danyang	談閒
	Hangzhou	談天
	Ningbo	講大道, 講聊天, 談山海經
	Wenzhou	講閒談
	Jinhua	談天
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	講白搭
Xiang	Changsha	扯閒談, 扯談, 扯經, 扯粟殼
	Xiangtan	扯談
	Loudi	談天, 談平, 打講, 打平講, 扯談
	Shuangfeng	扯談, 打講
	Quanzhou	談白, 聊天

Derived terms

老人毋講古，少年毋捌寶 / 老人毋讲古，少年毋捌宝
講古仙 / 讲古仙
講古佬 / 讲古佬

Descendants

→ Indonesian: kongko (“to chat”)
→? English: talk story (calque) (Hawaiian pidgin)

References

“講古”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.