先古

先古

Chinese

		early; prior; former early; prior; former; in advance; first	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (先古)		先	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangǔ
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ku³
    • Yale: syān-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianguu
    • Palladius: сяньгу (sjanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

先古

1. (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor
2. (literary) the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times
3. (literary) the way of the ancient sages

Synonyms

• (ancestors):

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Synonyms of 先古

先人 (xiānrén) 先代 (xiāndài) (literary) 先君 (xiānjūn) (literary) 先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary) 公婆 (Min Nan) 父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary) 皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic) 祖上 (zǔshàng) 祖先 (zǔxiān)

祖宗 (zǔzōng) 老祖宗 (lǎozǔzong) 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi) 上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi) 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi) 公媽／公妈 (Min Nan) 早勻／早匀 (Min Nan) 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

• (the distant past):

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Synonyms of 先古

上古 (shànggǔ) 元古 (yuángǔ) 先代 (xiāndài) (literary) 古代 (gǔdài) 古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min) 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)

邃古 (suìgǔ) 古時／古时 (gǔshí) 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ) 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary) 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)