考古 (kǎo gǔ) — (noun) archaeology; (verb) to do archaeological…

Definition

noun

archaeology

verb

to do archaeological workto excavate ancient sites

考古。
Tā dà xué xué de shì kǎo gǔ zhuān yè.
He majored in archaeology in college.
考古。
Tā men zhèng zài kǎo gǔ yí zuò gǔ chéng.
They are excavating an ancient city.
考古。
kǎo gǔ Gōng zuò xū yào hěn duō nài xīn.
Archaeological work requires a lot of patience.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

古gǔancient times

“考” (examine) plus “古” (ancient times) forms the idea of investigating the past.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

耂丂考

In 考, the upper 耂 is an old man with long hair, bent over, and the lower 丂 is a walking cane.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

One reading of 古 sees a shield-like shape above an open mark, showing strength and firmness. Another sees a person spitting out bad-tasting food.

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