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Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translations
classical, classic
Chinese characters:
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古典 ( gudian / gŭdiăn ) is composed of these characters:
古 (gu)
, 典 (dian)
The traditional Chinese characters of gŭdiăn are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Tags and additional information (Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)
ancient | canon
Chinese words containing the word 古典 ( gudian / gŭdiăn ) :
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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro. This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.