"太古" meaning in Chinese

See 太古 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Sinological-IPA], /tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|proper noun}} 太古
  1. Tai Koo (an area of Eastern district, Hong Kong) Categories (place): Places in Hong Kong
    Sense id: en-太古-zh-name-GSR-6L59 Categories (other): Neighbourhoods of Hong Kong, Chinese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 64 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0

Noun

IPA: /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA], /tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/ [Min-Nan, Hokkien, Xiamen, Sinological-IPA], /tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/ [Wu, Northern, Shanghai, Sinological-IPA]
Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 太古
  1. (often attributive) remote antiquity; immemorial Tags: attributive, often Derived forms: 太古代 (Tàigǔdài), 太古傳宗, 太古传宗, 太古界
    Sense id: en-太古-zh-noun-N5~EqLLV Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 52 Synonyms: 上古 (shànggǔ), 元古 (yuángǔ), 先代 (xiāndài) [literary], 先古 (xiāngǔ) [literary], 古代 (gǔdài), 古早 (gǔzǎo) [Min], 古早時 [Hokkien], 古早时 [Hokkien], 古時 (gǔshí), 古时 (gǔshí), 古清朝代 [Puxian-Min], 曠古 (kuànggǔ), 旷古 (kuànggǔ), 絕代 (juédài) [literary], 绝代 (juédài) [literary], 遠古 (yuǎngǔ), 远古 (yuǎngǔ), 邃古 (suìgǔ)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Time Disambiguation of Time: 0 0
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      "name": "Time",
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  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "taiko",
      "ruby": [
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          "太",
          "たい"
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      "word": "太古"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
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      ],
      "roman": "taego",
      "word": "태고(太古)"
    },
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      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "太古",
      "word": "thái cổ"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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      },
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "derived": [
        {
          "roman": "Tàigǔdài",
          "word": "太古代"
        },
        {
          "word": "太古傳宗"
        },
        {
          "word": "太古传宗"
        },
        {
          "word": "太古界"
        }
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              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
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            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
          "roman": "Tàigǔ bózàng, gù bù 抇 yě; luàn jīn hòuzàng, gù 抇 yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "太古薄葬,故不抇也;亂今厚葬,故抇也。",
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          "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
          "roman": "Tàigǔ bózàng, gù bù 抇 yě; luàn jīn hòuzàng, gù 抇 yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "太古薄葬,故不抇也;乱今厚葬,故抇也。",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "remote antiquity; immemorial"
      ],
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        "(often attributive) remote antiquity; immemorial"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
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          "roman": "shànggǔ",
          "word": "上古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuángǔ",
          "word": "元古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāndài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "xiāngǔ",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "先古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔdài",
          "word": "古代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔzǎo",
          "tags": [
            "Min"
          ],
          "word": "古早"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "古早時"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "古早时"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔshí",
          "word": "古時"
        },
        {
          "roman": "gǔshí",
          "word": "古时"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Puxian-Min"
          ],
          "word": "古清朝代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuànggǔ",
          "word": "曠古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "kuànggǔ",
          "word": "旷古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juédài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "絕代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "juédài",
          "tags": [
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "绝代"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuǎngǔ",
          "word": "遠古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "yuǎngǔ",
          "word": "远古"
        },
        {
          "roman": "suìgǔ",
          "word": "邃古"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻai⁴-ku³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tài-gǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tayguu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tajgu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тайгу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai gú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tae'kor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tha^去 ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thajH kuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*l̥ˤa[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*tʰaːds kaːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "太古"
}

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      "langcode": "zh",
      "name": "Time",
      "orig": "zh:Time",
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  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        },
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          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻai⁴-ku³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tài-gǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tayguu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tajgu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тайгу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai gú"
    },
    {
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tae'kor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tha^去 ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thajH kuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*l̥ˤa[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*tʰaːds kaːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "太古"
}
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    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 古",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 太",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Middle Chinese nouns",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "zh:Time"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Tàigǔdài",
      "word": "太古代"
    },
    {
      "word": "太古傳宗"
    },
    {
      "word": "太古传宗"
    },
    {
      "word": "太古界"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "taiko",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "太",
          "たい"
        ],
        [
          "古",
          "こ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "太古"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Korean",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
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      "word": "태고(太古)"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "lang_code": "vi",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "roman": "太古",
      "word": "thái cổ"
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Classical Chinese terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of Classical Chinese usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
          "roman": "Tàigǔ bózàng, gù bù 抇 yě; luàn jīn hòuzàng, gù 抇 yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Traditional-Chinese",
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "太古薄葬,故不抇也;亂今厚葬,故抇也。",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              2
            ]
          ],
          "ref": " Xunzi, c. 3ʳᵈ century BCE",
          "roman": "Tàigǔ bózàng, gù bù 抇 yě; luàn jīn hòuzàng, gù 抇 yě.",
          "tags": [
            "Simplified-Chinese",
            "Pinyin"
          ],
          "text": "太古薄葬,故不抇也;乱今厚葬,故抇也。",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "remote antiquity; immemorial"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "remote",
          "remote"
        ],
        [
          "antiquity",
          "antiquity"
        ],
        [
          "immemorial",
          "immemorial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) remote antiquity; immemorial"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻai⁴-ku³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tài-gǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tayguu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tajgu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тайгу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai gú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
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        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tae'kor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tha^去 ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thajH kuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*l̥ˤa[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*tʰaːds kaːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "shànggǔ",
      "word": "上古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuángǔ",
      "word": "元古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāndài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiāngǔ",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "先古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔdài",
      "word": "古代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔzǎo",
      "tags": [
        "Min"
      ],
      "word": "古早"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "古早時"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "古早时"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔshí",
      "word": "古時"
    },
    {
      "roman": "gǔshí",
      "word": "古时"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Puxian-Min"
      ],
      "word": "古清朝代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuànggǔ",
      "word": "曠古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kuànggǔ",
      "word": "旷古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juédài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "絕代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "juédài",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "绝代"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuǎngǔ",
      "word": "遠古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yuǎngǔ",
      "word": "远古"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suìgǔ",
      "word": "邃古"
    }
  ],
  "word": "太古"
}

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    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese proper nouns",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 古",
    "Chinese terms spelled with 太",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Middle Chinese nouns",
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      "categories": [
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        "zh:Places in Hong Kong"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
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        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tàigǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tʻai⁴-ku³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tài-gǔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tayguu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tajgu",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "тайгу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai gú"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "taai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tai³ gu²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太古",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "太鼓",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Homophones",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kó͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thài-kóo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tae'kor"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰai²¹⁻⁵³ kɔ⁵³/",
      "tags": [
        "Min-Nan",
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Wugniu"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "⁵tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "MiniDict"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tha^去 ku"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Wiktionary-specific",
        "romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "²tha-ku"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰa³³ ku⁴⁴/",
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Northern",
        "Shanghai",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "thajH kuX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Baxter-Sagart"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*l̥ˤa[t]-s kˤaʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "/*tʰaːds kaːʔ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "太古"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 太古 meaning in Chinese (9.7kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.