世
纪

Century in Chinese: 世纪 (shì jì)

shì jì

century

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 世紀2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1century

Stroke order

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世
纪

Zhuyin

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ㄕˋ

shì

ㄕ/ shˋ/ fourth tone

ㄐㄧˋ

jì

ㄐ/ jㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

世纪

Simplified

世紀

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他生于19世纪。

    tā shēng yú 19 shì jì。

    He was born in the 19th century.

  • 一百年叫做一个世纪。

    yì bǎi nián jiào zuò yí gè shì jì。

    A hundred years is called a century.

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Related words

世界

shì jiè

world

纪录

jì lù

variant of 记录 (but in Taiwan, not for the verb sense "to record")

纪律

jì lǜ

discipline

纪念

jì niàn

to commemorate

年纪

nián jì

age

去世

qù shì

to pass away

纪实

jì shí

record of actual events

世代

shì dài

for many generations

世故

shì gù

the ways of the world

世袭

shì xí

succession

逝世

shì shì

to pass away

问世

wèn shì

to be published

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