考古

考古

Chinese

		to check; to verify; to test to check; to verify; to test; to examine	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (考古)		考	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǎogǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄠˇ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haau² gu²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): kháu-kú
• Min Nan (POJ): khó-kó͘ / khóⁿ-kó͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: kǎogǔ [Phonetic: káogǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaoguu
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² gu²
    • Yale: háau gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² gu²
    • IPA ^(key): /häːu̯³⁵ kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kau` gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kau³ gu³
    • IPA: /kʰau̯³¹ ku³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khó-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khó-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoy'kor
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /kʰo⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰɤ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khóⁿ-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: khónn-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qvofkor
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰɔ̃⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kɔ⁵⁵⁴/

Noun

考古

1. archaeology

   田野考古  ―  tiányě kǎogǔ  ―  field archaeology

   考古發掘 / 考古发掘  ―  kǎogǔ fājué  ―  archaeological excavation

Derived terms

考古學／考古学 (kǎogǔxué)

Verb

考古

1. to engage in archaeological studies
2. (neologism, slang) to browse old Internet posts

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
考	古

Noun

考古

1. Hán tự form of khảo cổ (“archaeology”).