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Ancient Chinese

Ancient Chinese proper noun: middle Chinese.

Proper noun

Ancient Chinese

  1. (obsolete) Middle Chinese.

Origin of Ancient Chinese

Used by Bernhard Karlgren.

Questions about Ancient Chinese

What does Ancient Chinese mean?
Ancient Chinese means middle Chinese.
What part of speech is Ancient Chinese?
Ancient Chinese is a proper noun.

Words near Ancient Chinese in the dictionary

  1. ancient
  2. ancient alien
  3. Ancient and Honorable Order of Turtles
  4. ancient astronaut
  5. ancient astronauts
  6. Ancient Chinese
  7. Ancient Church of the East
  8. ancient document
  9. ancient documents
  10. Ancient Egypt
  11. Ancient Egyptian

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