古音

Chinese

		ancient; old	sound; noise; news
simp. and trad. (古音)		古	音

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² jam¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔyin
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-yin¹
    • Yale: gǔ-yīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guuin
    • Palladius: гуинь (guinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² jam¹
    • Yale: gú yām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² jam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² yem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ jɐm⁵⁵/

Noun

古音

1. ancient music
2. (phonology) ancient pronunciation of Chinese characters

Usage notes

Song dynasty scholars call Old Chinese phonology 古音 (gǔyīn) and Middle Chinese phonology 今音 (jīnyīn). Now the former is called 上古音 and the latter 中古音, the two collectively referred to as 古音 (gǔyīn).

Antonyms

• 今音 (jīnyīn)