Old Chinese en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/ (US)
- /ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/ (UK)
Meanings
- (retronym) A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.
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ru древнекита́йский (ancestor of the Chinese language) · la Lingua Sinica antiqua (ancestor of the Chinese language) · el Παλαιά Κινεζικά (ancestor of the Chinese language) · it cinese antico (ancestor of the Chinese language) · de Altchinesisch (ancestor of the Chinese language) · fi muinaiskiina (ancestor of the Chinese language) · it antico cinese (ancestor of the Chinese language) · cmn 上古漢語 /上古汉语 (ancestor of the Chinese language) · grc γλῶσσα Σηρική παλαιά (ancestor of the Chinese language) · fr chinois archaïque (ancestor of the Chinese language) · pl język starochiński (ancestor of the Chinese language) · gl chinés antigo (ancestor of the Chinese language)