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Old Chinese

UK/ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/US/ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/

Old Chinese proper noun: a linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.

Proper noun

Old Chinese

  1. (retronym) A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.
    Synonyms:
    Archaic Chinese

Synonyms of Old Chinese

Questions about Old Chinese

What does Old Chinese mean?
Old Chinese means a linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.
What part of speech is Old Chinese?
Old Chinese is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Old Chinese?
Old Chinese is pronounced /ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/ (UK).

Words near Old Chinese in the dictionary

  1. Old Catton
  2. old chap
  3. old chaps
  4. old chestnut
  5. old chestnuts
  6. Old Chinese
  7. Old Christmas
  8. Old Church Slavic
  9. Old Church Slavonic
  10. Old City
  11. Old Cleeve

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