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

  (Hailu, HRS): van^˖ gu^ˊ

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): mang⁵ gou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bān-kó͘

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• 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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• 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 Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: van-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: van gu^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: van⁴ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /van⁵⁵ ku³¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: van^˖ gu^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /van³³ ku²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang⁵ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹ kɔu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: mang⁵ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹ kɔu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bān-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: bān-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: baxnkor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ban²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ban⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ban²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ban³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ban³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴¹/

Noun

萬古

1. (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
• 萬古千年 / 万古千年
• 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)
• 萬年萬古 / 万年万古

Descendants

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

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “万古”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 380.