博古通今

Chinese

		to be conversant with things in the past; ancient objects; antiquities	to be familiar with the knowledge of today
trad. (博古通今)		博古	通今
simp. #(博古通今)		博古	通今

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bógǔtōngjīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³ gu² tung¹ gam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bógǔtōngjīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄊㄨㄥ ㄐㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bógǔtongjin
    • Wade–Giles: po²-ku³-tʻung¹-chin¹
    • Yale: bwó-gǔ-tūng-jīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: borguutongjin
    • Palladius: богутунцзинь (bogutunczinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bok³ gu² tung¹ gam¹
    • Yale: bok gú tūng gām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸ gu² tung¹ gam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: bog³ gu² tung¹ gem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³ kuː³⁵ tʰʊŋ⁵⁵ kɐm⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: pak kuX thuwng kim

Rime
Character	博	古	通	今
Reading #	1/1	1/1	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)	透 (6)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	鐸 (104)	模 (23)	東 (1)	侵 (140)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I	III
Fanqie	補各切	公戸切	他紅切	居吟切
Baxter	pak	kuX	thuwng	kim
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pwɑk̚/	/kuoX/	/tʰuŋ/	/kˠiɪm/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷɑk̚/	/kuoX/	/tʰuŋ/	/kᵚim/
Shao Rongfen	/puɑk̚/	/koX/	/tʰuŋ/	/kiem/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pwak̚/	/kɔX/	/tʰəwŋ/	/kjim/
Li Rong	/puɑk̚/	/koX/	/tʰuŋ/	/kjəm/
Wang Li	/puɑk̚/	/kuX/	/tʰuŋ/	/kĭĕm/
Bernard Karlgren	/pwɑk̚/	/kuoX/	/tʰuŋ/	/ki̯əm/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	gǔ	tōng	jīn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bok3	gu2	tung1	gam1

Idiom

博古通今

1. to possess a wide knowledge of things ancient and modern; erudite and informed