考古学

考古學

kǎogǔxué

noun #23,814

Meanings

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.

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