Bàn Cổ

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See also: banco, bàn cờ, and Ban Cơ

Vietnamese

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Etymology

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

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Bàn Cổ

  1. (Chinese mythology) Pangu
    • 1882, by Anonymous, 初學問津 (Sơ học vấn tân):
      (Chưng)(xưa)𠁀(đời)(hỗn)(mang) (chưa)(chia)𡗶(trời)(đất)
      𤤰(Vua)(Bàn)(Cổ)(đầu)(sanh)𦋦(ra) (mới)𢬦(rẽ)(khí)(âm)(khí)(dương)
      Around the time of the primodial chaos, when heaven and earth were yet not separate,
      the great Bàn Cổ (Pangu) was born and began to divide Yin Yang.