上古漢語 — Cantonese Dictionary — Cantonese.hk

上古漢語

soeng6 gu2 hon3 jyu5

Mandarin: shang4 gu3 han4 yu3

noun

上

soeng6

T6

古

gu2

T2

漢

hon3

T3

語

jyu5

T5

Definitions

1 Old Chinese; Archaic Chinese - the theorized type of Chinese spoken around 1600 BC - 9 AD. Classical Chinese (文言文) is believed to be derived from the grammar and vocabulary of Old Chinese. noun

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