世纪

Meaning(noun)

century

Chinese writes centuries with Arabic numerals or characters (21世纪 / 二十一世纪), never Roman numerals.

Measure words: 个

Examples

• 我们生活在二十一世纪。

  wǒ men shēng huó zài èr shí yī shì jì.

  We live in the twenty-first century.

• 这座桥是上个世纪建的。

  zhè zuò qiáo shì shàng gè shì jì jiàn de.

  This bridge was built last century.

• 这座寺已经有好几个世纪的历史了。

  zhè zuò sì yǐ jīng yǒu hǎo jǐ gè shì jì de lì shǐ le.

  This temple is several centuries old.

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