Bàn Cổ

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See also: banco, bàn cờ, and Ban Cơ

Vietnamese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Bàn-Cổ, Bàn-cổ, Bàn cổ

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤古, from Chinese 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).

Pronunciation[edit]

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ ko˧˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ kow˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ kow˨˩˦]

Proper noun[edit]

(Chinese mythology) Pangu
- 1882, by Anonymous, 初學問津 (Sơ học vấn tân):
  烝(Chưng)初(xưa)𠁀(đời)混(hỗn)茫(mang) 渚(chưa)支(chia)𡗶(trời)坦(đất)
  𤤰(Vua)盤(Bàn)古(Cổ)頭(đầu)生(sanh)𦋦(ra) 買(mới)𢬦(rẽ)氣(khí)陰(âm)氣(khí)陽(dương)
  Around the time of the primodial chaos, when heaven and earth were yet not separate,
  [this is when] the great Bàn Cổ (Pangu) was born and began to divide Yin [from] Yang.

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