"Old Chinese" meaning in English

See Old Chinese in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Old Chinese}} Old Chinese
  1. A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE. Wikipedia link: Old Chinese Synonyms: Archaic Chinese [obsolete] Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms Translations (Chinese language): 上古漢語 /上古汉语 (shànggǔ hànyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), muinaiskiina (Finnish), chinés antigo [masculine] (Galician), Altchinesisch [neuter] (German), antico cinese [masculine] (Italian), cinese antico [masculine] (Italian), древнекита́йский (drevnekitájskij) (alt: язы́к) [masculine] (Russian)

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