Bàn Cổ
See also: banco, bàn cờ, and Ban Cơ
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤古, from Chinese 盤古.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ ko˧˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ kow˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ kow˨˩˦]
Proper noun
Bàn Cổ
- (Chinese mythology) Pangu
- 1882, by Anonymous, 初學問津 (Sơ học vấn tân):
烝 初 𠁀 混 茫 渚 支 𡗶 坦 𤤰 盤 古 頭 生 𦋦 買 𢬦 氣 陰 氣 陽 - 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.
- Around the time of the primodial chaos, when heaven and earth were yet not separate,
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