萬古

See also: 万古

Chinese

		ten thousand; a great number; surname	ancient; old
trad. (萬古)		萬	古
simp. (万古)		万	古

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wàngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): maan⁶ gu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): van-kú
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-kó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wàngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄢˋ ㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wàngǔ
  - Wade–Giles: wan⁴-ku³
  - Yale: wàn-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wannguu
  - Palladius: ваньгу (vanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wän⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  - Homophones:
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    萬古／万古
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: maan⁶ gu²
  - Yale: maahn gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: maan⁶ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: man⁶ gu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːn²² kuː³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: van gu`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ ku³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: bān-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: baxnkor
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

萬古

(literary) aeons; eternity
- 「天不生仲尼，萬古長如夜！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
  「天不生仲尼，万古长如夜！」 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]
  From: Various editors, Collected Conversations of Master Zhu, c. 13^th century CE
  “tiān bù shēng Zhòngní, wàngǔ cháng rú yè!” [Pinyin]
  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

千秋萬古／千秋万古 (qiānqiūwàngǔ)
萬古不滅／万古不灭
萬古千秋／万古千秋 (wàngǔqiānqiū)
萬古流芳／万古流芳
萬古留芳／万古留芳
萬古長春／万古长春
萬古長青／万古长青 (wàngǔchángqīng)

Descendants

→? Proto-Turkic: *beŋkü (“eternal, eternity”)

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