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Archaic Chinese

Archaic Chinese proper noun: old Chinese.

Proper noun

Archaic Chinese

  1. (obsolete) Old Chinese.

Origin of Archaic Chinese

Used by Bernhard Karlgren.

Questions about Archaic Chinese

What does Archaic Chinese mean?
Archaic Chinese means old Chinese.
What part of speech is Archaic Chinese?
Archaic Chinese is a proper noun.

Words near Archaic Chinese in the dictionary

  1. archaesporial
  2. archaesporium
  3. archaeus
  4. archai
  5. archaic
  6. Archaic Chinese
  7. Archaic Egyptian
  8. Archaic Greek
  9. Archaic Latin
  10. archaic smile
  11. archaic smiles

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