古老 (gu2 lou5 | gu3 lao3) : [1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned

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古老

gu2 lou5

gu3 lao3

[1] ancient; [2] old-fashioned

Level: 2 Google Frequency: 1,930,000

This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

古老

This word was added by radagasty on 14th Jul 2004 02:25 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

Characters in this word:

古 gu2 - ancient
老 lou5 - old, venerable

3 compounds containing this word:

古老石山 - old-fashioned
世界性古老問題 - a problem as old as the world itself
古老十八代 - very old-fashioned

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漢字是歷史上最古老的文字之一，大概四千歲了。國
Chinese characters are one of history's most ancient writing scripts, approximately four thousand years old.

One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:

古魯 gu2 lou5 gu3 lu3 = Guru, a teacher ; expert

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Decimal representation of this word: 古老

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