Pangu

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 盤古／盘古 (Pángǔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɑːnˈɡuː/

Proper noun

Pangu

  1. (Chinese mythology) The first living being and creator of all in Chinese mythology.

Translations

References

  1. ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China‎[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 483: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] P'an-ku (Pangu) 盤古”

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