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

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• 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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Noun

古語

1. old language; ancient language
2. 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) (ko​go)
• → 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])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ɡo̞]

Noun

古(こ)語(ご) • (kogo) 

1. 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)