古代

Chinese
ancient; old
 
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(古代)		 古 代

Pronunciation

Noun

古代

  1. antiquity; ancient times

Synonyms
  • (chiefly Min) 古早 (gǔzǎo)

Adjective

古代

  1. (attributive) ancient
    古代歷史 / 古代历史  ―  gǔdài lìshǐ  ―  ancient history
    古代文獻 / 古代文献  ―  gǔdài wénxiàn  ―  ancient documents
    古代建築 / 古代建筑  ―  gǔdài jiànzhù  ―  ancient architecture

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (古代):

Japanese
Kanji in this term
古 代
こ
Grade: 2		 だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Adjectival noun

古代 (-na inflection, hiragana こだい, rōmaji kodai)

  1. (archaic) antique, old-fashioned
  2. (colloquial) ancient

Noun

古代 (hiragana こだい, rōmaji kodai)

  1. ancient times, antiquity, remote ages

Derived terms
  • 古代語 (kodaigo): ancient language
  • 古代史 (kodaishi): ancient history
  • 古代紫 (kodaimurasaki): reddish-purple
  • 古代人 (kodaijin): the ancients, ancient people
  • 古代米 (kodaimai): ancient rice varieties, wild rice
  • 古代裂れ (kodaigire): ancient cloth fragment
  • 古代エジプト (kodai ejiputo): ancient Egypt
  • 古代オリンピック (kodai orinpikku): ancient Olympics
  • 古代ギリシャ, 古代希臘 (kodai girisha): ancient Greece
  • 古代ギリシア (kodai girishia): ancient Greece
  • 古代ローマ (kodai rōma): ancient Rome
  • 古代中国 (kodai chūgoku): ancient China
  • 古代文明 (kodai bunmei): ancient civilization
  • 太古代 (taikodai): Archean

References
  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean
Hanja in this term
古代

Noun

古代 • (godae) (hangeul 고대)

  1. Hanja form? of 고대 (“antiquity”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this term
古代

Adjective

古代

  1. Hán tự form of cổ đại (“ancient”).
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