Template:Old Chinese

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Usage

{{Old Chinese|text| <written>| <modern>| <show_lang>| <suppress_reconstruction_link>}}

Where

• {{{text}}} is the reconstructed text (positional {{{1}}})
• {{{written}}} is optional; the written Chinese characters for the word(s) (positional {{{3}}})
• {{{modern}}} is optional; the modern Mandarin pronunciation of the word(s) (positional {{{3}}})
• {{{show_lang}}} optionally suppresses the link to Old Chinese.
• {{{suppress_reconstruction_link}}} optionally suppresses the link to Reconstruction of Old Chinese.

Template to mark phonetically reconstructed strings in the Old Chinese language, for example: {{Old Chinese|kʰˤoŋʔ}} → *‍kʰˤoŋʔ.

Additionally, we can do:

• {{Old Chinese|kʰˤoŋʔ|孔}} → 孔, OC:*‍kʰˤoŋʔ.
• {{Old Chinese|kʰˤoŋʔ|孔|kǒng}} → 孔, OC:*‍kʰˤoŋʔ, mod. kǒng.

You can suppress the link to Reconstruction of Old Chinese in the asterisk with:

• {{Old Chinese|kʰˤoŋʔ|孔|kǒng}} → 孔, OC:*‍kʰˤoŋʔ, mod. kǒng

As can be seen from the example above, this template does not cause its content to be set in italics, so text should be italicized around this template, per MOS:FOREIGNITALIC.

This template forces whitespace not to wrap. To use this template for more than a few words, set |wrap=normal to allow word-wrapping.

Other languages

For later Chinese languages use {{lang-zh}}.

See also

• {{IAST}}
• {{transl}}
• {{lang-zh}}

Tracking categories

• Category:Articles containing Old Chinese-language text (0)

Used for phonetic reconstruction of Old Chinese text. Supports the characters to write the word and modern Mandarin pronunciation as well.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Reconstructed text	1 text	no description Example kʰˤoŋʔ	String	required
Written Chinese	2 written	The Chinese character(s) of this word Example 孔	String	suggested
Modern Mandarin pronunciation	3 modern	Transcription of the word as pronounced today Example kǒng	String	suggested
Link "Old Chinese"?	show_lang	If 'y' or 'yes', shows "OC" and links to Old Chinese	String	optional
suppress reconstruction link?	suppress_reconstruction_link	Suppresses link to Reconstruction of Old Chinese Example yes	String	optional

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