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): ㄒㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄍㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangǔ
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-ku³
  - Yale: syān-gǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianguu
  - Palladius: сяньгу (sjanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

先古

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

Synonyms

(ancestors):

上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
上輩子／上辈子 (shàngbèizi)
先人 (xiānrén)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先君 (xiānjūn) (literary)
先祖 (xiānzǔ) (literary)
先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
公婆 (Hokkien)
公媽／公妈 (Min Nan)
早勻／早匀 (Xiamen Hokkien)
父祖 (fùzǔ) (literary)
皇考 (huángkǎo) (archaic)
祖上 (zǔshàng)
祖先 (zǔxiān)
祖宗 (zǔzōng)
老祖宗
老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)

(the distant past):

上古 (shànggǔ)
元古 (yuángǔ)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
古代 (gǔdài)
古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
古時／古时 (gǔshí)
太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
邃古 (suìgǔ)

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