Middle Chinese

English

Proper noun

Middle Chinese

Chinese language spoken during Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century – 10th century)
Synonym: (obsolete) Ancient Chinese

Coordinate terms: Old Chinese, Middle Chinese

Translations

Chinese language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 中古漢語／中古汉语 (zh) (zhōnggǔ hànyǔ)
Finnish: keskikiina
Galician: chinés medio m
German: Mittelchinesisch n
Italian: medio cinese
Japanese: 中古中国語 (ちゅうこちゅうこくご, chūko-chūkokugo), (pronunciation only) 中古音 (ja) (ちゅうこおん, chūko'on)
Portuguese: chinês médio (pt) m
Romanian: chineză medie
Russian: среднекита́йский m (srednekitájskij) (язы́к)
Swedish: medeltidskinesiska c
Thai: ภาษาจีนยุคกลาง
Turkish: Orta Çince

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Middle Chinese terms

Further reading

Middle Chinese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
ISO 639-3 code ltc (SIL)

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