jiào
kān

technical
literary

Meaning of 校勘

校勘 means to collate; to compare and authenticate texts. Pronounced jiào kān.

  • to collate; to compare and authenticate texts

Definitions & Examples

Zhè
wèi
xué
zhě
huā
le
shí
nián
shí
jiān
jiào
kān
zhè
shū
 

This scholar spent ten years collating this ancient book.

Chū
bǎn
shè
qǐng
le
zhuān
jiā
duì
jìn
xíng
jiào
kān
 

The publishing house invited experts to perform textual criticism on the ancient texts.

Jiào
kān
xué
shì
wén
xiàn
xué
de
zhòng
yào
fēn
zhī
 

Textual criticism is an important branch of philology.

tōng
guò
jiào
kān
xiàn
le
yuán
gǎo稿
zhōng
de
chù
cuò
 

Through collation, he discovered several errors in the original manuscript.

Yán
jǐn
de
jiào
kān
shì
xué
shù
yán
jiū
de
chǔ
 

Rigorous textual criticism is the foundation of academic research.