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old chinese

/ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables
old chi-nese
IPA
/ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/
  • British English: /ˈəʊld t͡ʃaɪˈniːz/

Phrases

Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms

Frequently Paired Words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Old Chinese terms Old Chinese Middle Chinese

Synonyms

Archaic Chinese

Questions

How do you pronounce old chinese?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈoʊld ˌt͡ʃaɪˈniz/.
What does old chinese mean?
A linguistic ancestor of the Chinese languages, spoken during roughly the first millennium BCE.

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