太古代

Chinese

		remote antiquity; immemorial; Tai Koo	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (太古代)		太古	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Tàigǔdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): taai³ gu² doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Tàigǔdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄞˋ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Tàigǔdài
    • Wade–Giles: Tʻai⁴-ku³-tai⁴
    • Yale: Tài-gǔ-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Tayguuday
    • Palladius: Тайгудай (Tajgudaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaɪ̯⁵¹ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: taai³ gu² doi⁶
    • Yale: taai gú doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: taai³ gu² doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: tai³ gu² doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰaːi̯³³ kuː³⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Proper noun

太古代

1. (geology) the Archean eon

Japanese

Kanji in this term
太	古	代
たい Grade: 2	こ Grade: 2	だい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Etymology

太古 (taiko, “ancient times”) +‎ 代 (-dai, “era”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) たいこだい [tàíkóꜜdàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ta̠iko̞da̠i]

Proper noun

太(たい)古(こ)代(だい) • (Taikodai) 

1. Synonym of 始生代