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Pangu

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Pangu

Alternative forms

P'an-ku (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin^[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɑːnˈɡuː/

Proper noun

Pangu

(Chinese mythology) The first living being and creator of all in Chinese mythology.

Translations

creator of all in Chinese mythology

Chinese:
Mandarin: 盤古 / 盘古 (zh) (Pángǔ)
Japanese: 盤古 (ja) (ばんこ, Banko)
Korean: 반고(盤古) (ko) (Ban'go)
Russian: Пань-гу́ m (Panʹ-gú)
Vietnamese: Bàn Cổ (vi)

References

^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎^[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 483: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] P'an-ku (Pangu) 盤古”

Anagrams

punga

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