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古
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- 古
- gǔ · old, classic, ancient
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Mandarin tones
3 · gu3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 11 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
gu2
Cantonese word readings for 古. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- the past; ancient times
- old; ancient
- classic; old-styled
- simple; unaffected; unsophisticated,
- things in the past; antiquities; history
- (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) story (Classifier: 段 c)
- (abbreviation, alt-of) short for 古體詩／古体诗 (gǔtǐshī, “ancient-style poem”)
- a surname
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 固 (gù)
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 故 (gù)
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- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) only used in 古成
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