千古

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiāngǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ gu²
Min Nan (POJ): chhian-kó͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiāngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianguu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin¹ gu²
  - Yale: chīn gú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ gu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ gu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhian-kó͘
  - Tâi-lô: tshian-kóo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chienkor
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn³³ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ kɔ⁴¹/

Noun

千古

(through) the ages; (for) all time; eternity

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

千古罪人 (qiāngǔzuìrén)
彪炳千古
獨立千古／独立千古
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

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

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