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创世纪

chuàng shì jì

3-character word Traditional 創世紀

What 创世纪 means

1. creation myth

Other readings

创世纪 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Chuàng shì jìGenesis (first book of the Bible); the Creation, an epic poem of the Naxi {纳西|Nà xī} ethni

The characters in 创世纪

• 创chuàngto initiate; to create; to achieve (sth for the first time)
• 世shìlife; age; generation
• 纪jìorder; discipline; age

Sounds the same

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

• 创世记Genesis (first book of the Bible)