千古

Chinese

		thousand	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (千古)		千	古

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gu²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhian-kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): coin¹ gou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiāngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciangǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-ku³
  - Yale: chyān-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianguu
  - Palladius: цяньгу (cjanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gu²
  - Yale: chīn gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienkor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: coin¹ gou²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshoiⁿ kóu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰõĩ³³⁻²³ kou⁵²/

Middle Chinese: tshen kuX

Rime
Character	千	古
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	清 (14)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	模 (23)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	蒼先切	公戸切
Baxter	tshen	kuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡sʰen/	/kuo^X/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡sʰen/	/kuo^X/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡sʰɛn/	/ko^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/t͡sʰɛn/	/kɔ^X/
Li Rong	/t͡sʰen/	/ko^X/
Wang Li	/t͡sʰien/	/ku^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡sʰien/	/kuo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qiān	gǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cin¹	gu²

Noun

千古

(through) the ages; (for) all time; eternity
千古不易 ― qiāngǔ bùyì ― everlasting
- 追芳昔娛，神遊千古，故亦一時之盛事。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  追芳昔娱，神游千古，故亦一时之盛事。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: Li Daoyuan, Commentary on the Water Classic, 386-534 CE
  Zhuīfāng xī yú, shényóu qiāngǔ, gù yì yīshí zhī shèngshì. [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

一失足成千古恨 (yī shīzú chéng qiāngǔ hèn)
千古事
千古傳誦／千古传诵
千古未聞／千古未闻
千古流傳／千古流传
千古獨步／千古独步
千古絕唱／千古绝唱 (qiāngǔjuéchàng)
千古罪人 (qiāngǔzuìrén)
獨立千古／独立千古
彪炳千古 (biāobǐngqiāngǔ)
貽笑千古／贻笑千古
遺恨千古／遗恨千古
風流千古／风流千古

Verb

千古

(intransitive, euphemistic, used in an elegiac couplet or on wreaths dedicated to the dead) to rest in peace

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