太古代

Chinese

		remote antiquity; immemorial	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (太古代)		太古	代

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Tàigǔdài

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gu² doi⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Tàigǔdài
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Tàigǔdài
  - Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-ku³-tai⁴
  - Yale: Tài-gǔ-dài
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayguuday
  - Palladius: Тайгудай (Tajgudaj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: taai³ gu² doi⁶
  - Yale: taai gú doih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu² doi⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu² doi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Proper noun

太古代

(geology) the Archean eon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	古	代
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: 2	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

太古 (taiko, “ancient times”) +‎ 代 (-dai, “era”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) たいこだい [tàíkóꜜdàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞da̠i]

Proper noun

太(たい)古(こ)代(だい) • (Taikodai)

synonym of 始生代