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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): khó-kó͘ / khóⁿ-kó͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kao² gou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǎogǔ [Phonetic: káogǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄠˇ ㄍㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǎogǔ
    • Wade–Giles: kʻao³-ku³
    • Yale: kǎu-gǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kaoguu
    • Palladius: каогу (kaogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haau² gu²
    • Yale: háau gú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haau² gu²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hao² gu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haːu̯³⁵ kuː³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu-kú
    • Hakka Romanization System: kau` gu`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kau³ gu³
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯³¹ ku³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (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/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kao² gou²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kháu kóu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰau⁵²⁻³⁵ kou⁵²⁻²¹/

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

   搶救性考古發掘／抢救性考古发掘  ―  qiǎngjiùxìng kǎogǔ fājué  ―  rescue 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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
考	古

Noun

考古

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