Chinese Word Entry

擬古

Simplified Chinese form: 拟古

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˇ ㄍㄨˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): nǐ gǔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji5 gu2
Definitions:
  1. to emulate a classic

  2. to work in the style of a classic (author)


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Chinese characters used in this word

mimic, aim (a gun) at, nominate, imitate, draft, intend, plan, propose
Readings
Mandarin: ㄋㄧˇ (nǐ)
Cantonese: ji5
Japanese: ギ (gi) / まが.い (magai)、 もど.き (modoki)、 なぞらえる (nazoraeru)、 はかる (hakaru)
Korean: 의 (eui)
Vietnamese: nghĩ
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:
Semantic variant form:

old, classic, ancient
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨˇ (gǔ), ㄍㄨˋ (gù), ㄎㄨ (kū)
Cantonese: gu2
Japanese: コ (ko) / ふる.い (furui)、 ふる- (furu-)、 -ふる.す (-furusu)、 いにしえ (inishie)
Korean: 고 (go)
Vietnamese: cổ