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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "自古",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "zh",
"name": "Time",
"orig": "zh:Time",
"parents": [
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以來"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以来"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, rén wúxìnbùlì",
"word": "自古皆有死，人無信不立／自古皆有死，人无信不立"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wúxìnbùlì",
"word": "自古皆有死，民無信不立／自古皆有死，民无信不立"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng",
"word": "自古紅顏多薄命"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng",
"word": "自古红颜多薄命"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "From of old, death has been the lot of all men; but if the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.",
"ref": "自古皆有死，民無信不立。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "自古皆有死，民无信不立。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE\nZìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wú xìn bù lì. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "人生自古誰無死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "人生自古谁无死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1279, Wen Tianxiang, 《過零丁洋》\nRénshēng zìgǔ shéi wú sǐ? Liú qǔ dānxīn zhào hànqīng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"from time immemorial; since ancient times"
],
"id": "en-自古-zh-adv-TarBnmDQ",
"links": [
[
"from",
"from"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"immemorial",
"immemorial"
],
[
"since",
"since"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"times",
"times"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "gǔlái",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "古來"
},
{
"roman": "gǔlái",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "古来"
},
{
"roman": "zhōnggǔ",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "終古"
},
{
"roman": "zhōnggǔ",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "终古"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以來"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以来"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi⁶ gu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chhṳ-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chīr-kó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chū-kó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ze⁷ gou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìhgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tzŭ⁴-ku³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dz̀-gǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzyhguu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзыгу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czygu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jih gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzi⁶ gu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁶ gu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː²² kuː³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chhṳ-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "cii gu`"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ci⁴ gu³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ku³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsīr-kóo"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsū-kóo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zuxkor"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tsṳ̄ kóu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ¹¹ kou⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "dzijH kuX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*s.[b]i[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɦljids kaːʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː²² kuː³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ku³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ¹¹ kou⁵²/"
},
{
"other": "[b]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*ɦljids kaːʔ/"
}
],
"word": "自古"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以來"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以来"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, rén wúxìnbùlì",
"word": "自古皆有死，人無信不立／自古皆有死，人无信不立"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wúxìnbùlì",
"word": "自古皆有死，民無信不立／自古皆有死，民无信不立"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng",
"word": "自古紅顏多薄命"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ hóngyán duō bómìng",
"word": "自古红颜多薄命"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "adverb"
},
"expansion": "自古",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"pos": "adv",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Advanced Mandarin",
"Cantonese adverbs",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese adverbs",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Hakka adverbs",
"Hakka lemmas",
"Hokkien adverbs",
"Hokkien lemmas",
"Literary Chinese terms with quotations",
"Mandarin adverbs",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Middle Chinese lemmas",
"Old Chinese lemmas",
"Requests for translations of Literary Chinese usage examples",
"Teochew adverbs",
"Teochew lemmas",
"zh:Time"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "From of old, death has been the lot of all men; but if the people have no faith in their rulers, there is no standing for the state.",
"ref": "自古皆有死，民無信不立。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "自古皆有死，民无信不立。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE\nZìgǔ jiē yǒu sǐ, mín wú xìn bù lì. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "人生自古誰無死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]",
"text": "人生自古谁无死？留取丹心照汗青。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]\nFrom: 1279, Wen Tianxiang, 《過零丁洋》\nRénshēng zìgǔ shéi wú sǐ? Liú qǔ dānxīn zhào hànqīng. [Pinyin]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"from time immemorial; since ancient times"
],
"links": [
[
"from",
"from"
],
[
"time",
"time"
],
[
"immemorial",
"immemorial"
],
[
"since",
"since"
],
[
"ancient",
"ancient"
],
[
"times",
"times"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"bopomofo"
],
"zh-pron": "ㄗˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh-pron": "zi⁶ gu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chhṳ-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chīr-kó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"POJ"
],
"zh-pron": "chū-kó͘"
},
{
"tags": [
"Peng'im",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "ze⁷ gou²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hanyu-Pinyin",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "zìhgǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh-pron": "tzŭ⁴-ku³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "dz̀-gǔ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
"Mandarin"
],
"zh-pron": "tzyhguu"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "цзыгу"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Palladius"
],
"zh-pron": "czygu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Yale"
],
"zh-pron": "jih gú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh-pron": "dzi⁶ gu²"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh-pron": "ji⁶ gu²"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː²² kuː³⁵/",
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Phak-fa-su",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "chhṳ-kú"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Hakka-Romanization-System",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "cii gu`"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hagfa-Pinyim",
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sixian"
],
"zh-pron": "ci⁴ gu³"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ku³¹/",
"tags": [
"Hakka",
"Meinong",
"Miaoli",
"Sinological-IPA",
"Sixian"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsīr-kóo"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Quanzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Tai-lo"
],
"zh-pron": "tsū-kóo"
},
{
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Phofsit-Daibuun"
],
"zh-pron": "zuxkor"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Taipei"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴¹/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Kaohsiung"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/",
"tags": [
"Hokkien",
"Xiamen",
"Zhangzhou"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"POJ",
"Teochew"
],
"zh-pron": "tsṳ̄ kóu"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ¹¹ kou⁵²/",
"tags": [
"Sinological-IPA",
"Teochew"
]
},
{
"tags": [
"Middle-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "dzijH kuX"
},
{
"tags": [
"Baxter-Sagart",
"Old-Chinese"
],
"zh-pron": "/*s.[b]i[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
},
{
"tags": [
"Old-Chinese",
"Zhengzhang"
],
"zh-pron": "/*ɦljids kaːʔ/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sz̩⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡siː²² kuː³⁵/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sʰɨ⁵⁵ ku³¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kɔ⁵⁵⁴/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su³³⁻²¹ kɔ⁴¹/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡su²²⁻²¹ kɔ⁵³/"
},
{
"ipa": "/t͡sɯ¹¹ kou⁵²/"
},
{
"other": "[b]"
},
{
"other": "[t]"
},
{
"other": "/*ɦljids kaːʔ/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "gǔlái",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "古來"
},
{
"roman": "gǔlái",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "古来"
},
{
"roman": "zhōnggǔ",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "終古"
},
{
"roman": "zhōnggǔ",
"tags": [
"literary"
],
"word": "终古"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以來"
},
{
"roman": "zìgǔ yǐlái",
"word": "自古以来"
}
],
"word": "自古"
}
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