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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
古早
- (chiefly Min) antiquity; ancient times
古早屏東是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
古早屏东是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 1987, 豬哥亮興嘉慶君 主題曲 (Chu Ke-Liang and Lord Jiaqing Theme)
- kó͘-chá Pîn-tong sī A-kâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- In the old days, Pingtung was Akau
講什麼我親像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
讲什么我亲像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]- From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華
- kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h góa chhin-chhiūⁿ kó͘-chá ê Se-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- Didn't you say I was like Xi Shi (legendary beauty) of ancient yore?
Synonyms
- 上古 (shànggǔ)
- 元古 (yuángǔ)
- 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
- 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
- 古代 (gǔdài)
- 古時 / 古时 (gǔshí)
- 古清朝代 (Puxian Min)
- 太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
- 曠古 / 旷古 (kuànggǔ)
- 絕代 / 绝代 (juédài) (literary)
- 遠古 / 远古 (yuǎngǔ)
- 邃古 (suìgǔ)
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