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 .

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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