# 終古
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhōnggǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zung$^1$ gu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhōnggǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄍㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhonggǔ
*** Wade–Giles: chung$^1$-ku$^3$
*** Yale: jūng-gǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongguu
*** Palladius: чжунгу (čžungu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$中古 鐘鼓／钟鼓
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zung$^1$ gu$^2$
*** Yale: jūng gú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzung$^1$ gu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zung$^1$ gu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ kuː³⁵/
* Middle Chinese: tsyuwng kuX
Rime :
| Character | 終 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) | 見 (28) |
| Final (韻) | 東 (2) | 模 (23) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | III | I |
| Fanqie | 職戎切 | 公戸切 |
| Baxter | tsyuwng | kuX |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨuŋ/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiuŋ/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiuŋ/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuwŋ/ | /kɔ$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiuŋ/ | /ko$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭuŋ/ | /ku$^X$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯uŋ/ | /kuo$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhōng | gǔ |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zung$^1$ | gu$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tuŋ kˤaʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjuŋ kaːʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 終 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | zhōng | gǔ |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ tsyuwng › | ‹ ku$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tuŋ/ | /*kˁaʔ/ |
| English | end | ancient |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 終 | 古 |
| Reading # | 1/1 | 1/1 |
| No. | 2428 | 4219 |
| Phonetic component | 冬 | 古 |
| Rime group | 終 | 魚 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 終 | 古 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjuŋ/ | /*kaːʔ/ |

### Adverb

終古
* (literary) forever; always
* (literary) often; regularly; frequently
* (literary) from time immemorial; since ancient times
    From: The Verses of Chu, 4th century BCE – 2nd century CE
    Chūnlán xī qiūjú, cháng wújué xī zhōnggǔ. [Pinyin]
    With orchids of spring and chrysanthemums of autumn, we will keep you venerated like since time immemorial.

#### Synonyms

* (forever):
* 永世 (yǒngshì)
* 永遠／永远 (yǒngyuǎn)
* (often):
* 動輒／动辄 (dòngzhé) (literary)
* 常常 (chángcháng)
* 常時／常时 (chángshí)
* 往往 (wǎngwǎng)
* 慣／惯 (guàn) (literary, or in compounds)
* 時常／时常 (shícháng)
* 時時／时时 (shíshí)
* 每每 (měiměi)
* 經常／经常 (jīngcháng)
* (from time immemorial):
* 古來／古来 (gǔlái) (literary)
* 自古 (zìgǔ)
* 自古以來／自古以来 (zìgǔ yǐlái)

### Adjective

終古
* a long time ago; far back

#### Synonyms

* 久遠／久远 (jiǔyuǎn)
* 久長／久长 (jiǔcháng) (literary or Hakka, Min)
* 延延 (yányán) (literary)
* 延長／延长 (yáncháng) (literary)
* 彌遠／弥远 (míyuǎn) (literary)
* 恆久／恒久 (héngjiǔ)
* 悠久 (yōujiǔ)
* 悠長／悠长 (yōucháng)
* 曠世／旷世 (kuàngshì) (literary)
* 永久 (yǒngjiǔ)
* 永恆／永恒 (yǒnghéng)
* 漫長／漫长 (màncháng)
* 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
* 長久／长久 (chángjiǔ)
* 長遠／长远 (chángyuǎn)