Bàn Cổ

See also: banco, bàn cờ, and Ban Cơ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• Bàn-Cổ, Bàn-cổ, Bàn cổ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 盤古, from Chinese 盤古 / 盘古 (Pángǔ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːn˨˩ ko˧˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˦˩ kow˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓaːŋ˨˩ kow˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Bàn Cổ

1. (Chinese mythology) Pangu
   • 1882, by Anonymous, 初學問津 (Sơ học vấn tân):

     烝(Chưng)初(xưa)𠁀(đời)混(hỗn)茫(mang) 渚(chưa)支(chia)𡗶(trời)坦(đất)
     𤤰(Vua)盤(Bàn)古(Cổ)頭(đầu)生(sanh)𦋦(ra) 買(mới)𢬦(rẽ)氣(khí)陰(âm)氣(khí)陽(dương)

     Around the time of the primodial chaos, when heaven and earth were yet not separate,
     [this is when] the great Bàn Cổ (Pangu) was born and began to divide Yin [from] Yang.