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纪年

jì nián

2-character word Traditional 紀年

What 纪年 means

1. to number the years
2. calendar era
3. annals
4. chronicle

The characters in 纪年

• 纪jìorder; discipline; age
• 年niányear

Example sentences

• 十二生肖是由十一种源于自然界的动物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、马、羊、猴、鸡、狗、猪以及传说中的龙组成的，用于纪年。
  Shí'èr shēngxiào shì yóu shíyī zhǒng yuányú zìránjiè de dòngwù jí shǔ, niú, hǔ, tù, shé, mǎ, yáng, hóu, jī, gǒu, zhū yǐjí chuánshuō zhōng de lóng zǔchéng de, yòng yú jìnián.
  The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, snake, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.

Words containing 纪年

• 竹书纪年Zhú shū Jì niánBamboo Annals, early chronicle of Chinese ancient history, written c. 300 BC