Old Chinese

English

See also: Proto-Sinitic

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/

Proper noun

Old Chinese

A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.
Synonym: (obsolete) Archaic Chinese

Coordinate terms: Old Chinese, Middle Chinese

Translations

ancestor of the Chinese language

Chinese:
Mandarin: 上古漢語 / 上古汉语 (zh) (shànggǔ hànyǔ)
Finnish: muinaiskiina
French: chinois archaïque (fr) m
Galician: chinés antigo m
German: Altchinesisch n
Greek: Παλαιά Κινεζικά f (Palaiá Kineziká)
Ancient Greek: γλῶσσα Σηρική παλαιά f (glôssa Sērikḗ palaiá)
Italian: antico cinese m, cinese antico m
Latin: Lingua Sinica antiqua f
Russian: древнекита́йский (ru) m (drevnekitájskij) (язы́к)

See also

Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms
Appendix:Old Chinese Swadesh list for a Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words in Old Chinese