考古学

考古學

kǎogǔxué

noun #23,814

Meanings

HSK 7-9

他在大学学习考古学，专注于汉代遗址。

Tā zài dàxué xuéxí kǎogǔxué, zhuānzhù yú Hàn dài yízhǐ.

He studied archaeology at university, focusing on Han dynasty sites.

HSK 7-9

考古学家在挖掘时发现了珍贵的文物。

Kǎogǔxuéjiā zài wājué shí fāxiàn le zhēnguì de wénwù.

Archaeologists discovered precious artifacts during the excavation.

memory

考 means to examine, 古 means ancient, and 学 means -ology. So 考古学 is literally "the study of examining antiquity" - examining old things.

考 kǎo

古 gǔ

学 xué