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century

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

shi4ji4 • shìjì

Meaning


Primary

century

Mnemonic


A 世纪 century is a hundred-year 纪 era spanning more than one 世 generation.

Usage


一 个 世纪 有 一百 年。

A century has one hundred years.

这 座 桥 是 上 个 世纪 建 的。

This bridge was built in the last century.

科技 在 二十一 世纪 发展 得 很 快。

Technology is developing rapidly in the twenty-first century.

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