古早

Chinese

		ancient; old	early; morning
simp. and trad. (古早)		古	早

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǔzǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄗㄠˇ
Eastern Min (BUC): gū-cā
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kó͘-chá

(Teochew, Peng'im): gou² za²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǔzǎo [Phonetic: gúzǎo]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄗㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǔzǎo
  - Wade–Giles: ku³-tsao³
  - Yale: gǔ-dzǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guutzao
  - Palladius: гуцзао (guczao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gū-cā
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒa³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kó͘-chá
  - Tâi-lô: kóo-tsá
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kofzar
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sa⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kɔ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kɔ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sa⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gou² za²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kóu tsá
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kou⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sa⁵²⁻²¹/

Noun

古早

(chiefly Min) antiquity; ancient times
- 古早屏東是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  古早屏东是阿猴 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1987, 豬哥亮興嘉慶君主題曲 (Chu Ke-Liang and Lord Jiaqing Theme)
  kó͘-chá Pîn-tong sī A-kâu [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  In the old days, Pingtung was Akau
- 講什麼我親像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  讲什么我亲像古早的西施 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  From: 1992, 愛情的騙子我問你 (Cheater of Love, I Ask You), sung by 陳小雲 (Chen Hsiao-yun), lyrics by 蔣錦鴻, composed by 俞隆華
  kóng siáⁿ-mi̍h góa chhin-chhiūⁿ kó͘-chá ê Se-si [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Didn't you say I was like Xi Shi (legendary beauty) of ancient yore?

Synonyms

上古 (shànggǔ)
元古 (yuángǔ)
先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
古代 (gǔdài)
古時／古时 (gǔshí)
太古 (tàigǔ) (often attributive)
曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
邃古 (suìgǔ)

Derived terms

古早味

See also

古典 (gǔdiǎn)
古老 (gǔlǎo)

Further reading

“Entry #1465”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

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