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世纪

shì jì

HSK 4 2-character word Traditional 世紀

What 世纪 means

1. century

The characters in 世纪

• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age

Example sentences

• 他生于19世纪。
  He was born in the 19th century.
• 一个世纪就是一百年。
  A century is one hundred years.
• 一百年叫做一个世纪。
  A hundred years is called a century.
• 一百年称为一个世纪。
  One hundred years is called a century.
• 一百年被叫做一个世纪。
  A hundred years is called a century.
• 工程横跨了两个世纪才完成，
  Gōngchéng héngkuà le liǎng gè shìjì cái wánchéng,
  The construction straddled two centuries.

Words starting with 世纪

• 世纪末shì jì mòend of the century
• 世纪末年shì jì mò niánfinal years of the century

Words containing 世纪

• 中世纪zhōng shì jìmedieval; Middle Ages
• 创世纪chuàng shì jìcreation myth
• 二十世纪èr shí shì jì20th century
• 二十一世纪èr shí yī shì jì21st century

Sounds the same

Read shì jì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 事迹notable deeds; exploits
• 试剂reagent
• 示寂to pass away (of a monk or nun)