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

(Hailu, HRS): kau^ˊ gu^ˊ
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): khó-kó͘ / khóⁿ-kó͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): kao² gou²

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kháu-kú
  - Hakka Romanization System: kau^ˋ gu^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: kau³ gu³
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰau̯³¹ ku³¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: kau^ˊ gu^ˊ
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰau²⁴⁻³³ ku²⁴/
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

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

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

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
考	古

Noun

考古

chữ Hán form of khảo cổ (“archaeology”)