"先古" meaning in Chinese

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Noun

IPA: /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: xiāngǔ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄒㄧㄢ ㄍㄨˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], xiāngǔ [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], siangǔ [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hsien¹-ku³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], syān-gǔ [Mandarin, Yale], shianguu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сяньгу [Mandarin, Palladius], sjanʹgu [Mandarin, Palladius]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 先古
  1. (literary) ancestors; forebears; forefathers; progenitor Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先古-zh-noun-hDBp6ciu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38
  2. (literary) the distant past; ancient times; antiquity; early historical times Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先古-zh-noun-tC-8UxWQ Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38
  3. (literary) the way of the ancient sages Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-先古-zh-noun-DS3EQoVu Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 19 44 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 上輩 (shàngbèi), 上辈 (shàngbèi), 上輩子 (shàngbèizi), 上辈子 (shàngbèizi), 先人 (xiānrén), 先代 (xiāndài) [literary], 先君 (xiānjūn) [literary], 先祖 (xiānzǔ) [literary], 先輩 (xiānbèi), 先辈 (xiānbèi), 公婆 [Hokkien], 公媽 [Min-Nan], 公妈 [Min-Nan], 早勻 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 早匀 [Hokkien, Xiamen], 父祖 (fùzǔ) [literary], 皇考 (huángkǎo) [archaic], 祖上 (zǔshàng), 祖先 (zǔxiān), 祖宗 (zǔzōng), 老祖宗, 老輩 (lǎobèi), 老辈 (lǎobèi), 上古 (shànggǔ), 元古 (yuángǔ), 古代 (gǔdài), 古早 (gǔzǎo) [Min], 古時 (gǔshí), 古时 (gǔshí), 太古 (tàigǔ) [attributive, often], 曠古 (kuànggǔ), 旷古 (kuànggǔ), 絕代 (juédài) [literary], 绝代 (juédài) [literary], 遠古 (yuǎngǔ), 远古 (yuǎngǔ), 邃古 (suìgǔ)

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