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考古

kǎo gǔ

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

考古 (kǎo gǔ) means "archaeology". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 考古 means

1. archaeology
2. to engage in archaeological studies

The characters in 考古

• 考kǎoto beat; to hit; variant of 考
• 古gǔancient; old; paleo-

Example sentences

• 他从事考古学工作。
  He works in archeology.
• 汤姆是位考古学家，在领导罗马附近的发掘项目。
  Tom is an archaeologist leading the excavations near Rome.

Words starting with 考古

• 考古学家kǎo gǔ xué jiāarchaeologist
• 考古学kǎo gǔ xuéarchaeology
• 考古家kǎo gǔ jiāarchaeologist
• 考古题kǎo gǔ tíquestions from previous years' exams (Tw)

Where 考古 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · gāng–kě (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kǎo gǔ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.