太古

Chinese

		too (much); very; extremely too (much); very; extremely; highest; greatest	ancient; old
simp. and trad. (太古)		太	古

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tàigǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gu²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thài-kó͘
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tha-ku

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tàigǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻai⁴-ku³
    • Yale: tài-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tayguu
    • Palladius: тайгу (tajgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 太古 太鼓

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: taai³ gu²
    • Yale: taai gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 太古 太鼓

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thài-kó͘
    • Tâi-lô: thài-kóo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tae'kor
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tha-ku
    • MiniDict: tha^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/

Noun

太古

1. (often attributive) remote antiquity; immemorial

Synonyms

• 上古 (shànggǔ)
• 元古 (yuángǔ)
• 先代 (xiāndài) (literary)
• 先古 (xiāngǔ) (literary)
• 古代 (gǔdài)
• 古早 (gǔzǎo) (chiefly Min)
• 古時／古时 (gǔshí)
• 曠古／旷古 (kuànggǔ)
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài) (literary)
• 遠古／远古 (yuǎngǔ)
• 邃古 (suìgǔ)

 

Derived terms

• 太古代 (Tàigǔdài)
• 太古傳宗／太古传宗
• 太古界

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (太古):

• → Japanese: 太(たい)古(こ) (taiko)
• → Korean: 태고(太古) (taego)
• → Vietnamese: thái cổ (太古)

Proper noun

太古

1. Tai Koo (an area in Eastern district, Hong Kong)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	古
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいこ [táꜜìkò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞]

Noun

太(たい)古(こ) • (taiko) 

1. ancient times

   太(たい)古(こ)の昔(むかし)

   taiko no mukashi

   ancient times

   (literally, “ancient times of ancient times”)