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 (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁵tha-ku

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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    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:
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    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
- (Shanghai):
  - Wugniu: ⁵tha-ku
  - MiniDict: tha^去 ku
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tha-ku
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/

Noun

太古

(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

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])[1]
IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞]

Noun

太(たい)古(こ) • (taiko)

ancient times [2]
太(たい)古(こ)の昔(むかし)
taiko no mukashi
ancient times
(literally, “ancient times of ancient times”)

References

Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
Taishukan's Genius Japanese-English Dictionary, Tōkyō: Taishukan, 1998.

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