古來

See also: 古来

Chinese

		ancient; old	to come
trad. (古來)		古	來
simp. (古来)		古	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gǔlái

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² loi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gǔlái
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gǔlái
    • Wade–Giles: ku³-lai²
    • Yale: gǔ-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guulai
    • Palladius: гулай (gulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² loi⁴
    • Yale: gú lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ lɔːi̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kuX loj

Rime
Character	古	來
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	見 (28)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	公戸切	洛哀切
Baxter	kuX	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kuoX/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/kuoX/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/koX/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɔX/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/koX/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/kuX/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/kuoX/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	gǔ	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gu2	loi4

Etymology 1

Adverb

古來

1. (literary) from time immemorial; since ancient times

   • 古來聖賢皆寂寞，惟有飲者留其名。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     古来圣贤皆寂寞，惟有饮者留其名。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 752, 李白 (Li Bai), 將進酒

     Gǔlái shèngxián jiē jìmò, wéiyǒu yǐn zhě liú qí míng. [Pinyin]

     From time immemorial the sages have always been solitary, and only the drinkers become famous.

Synonyms

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• 終古／终古 (zhōnggǔ) (literary)
• 自古 (zìgǔ)
• 自古以來／自古以来 (zìgǔ yǐlái)

 

Derived terms

• 人生七十古來稀／人生七十古来稀 (rénshēng qīshí gǔlái xī)

 

Etymology 2

This place was originally known as 龜來, since many turtles are found on the river bank after floods. Since the character 龜 is complex, it is later renamed 古來.

Proper noun

古來

1. (～縣) Kulai District (a district of Johor, Malaysia)
2. Kulai (a town, the capital of Kulai district, Johor, Malaysia)

Descendants

• → Malay: Kulai