yuán

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Meaning of 纪元

纪元 means the beginning year of a calendar era; epoch; era; epoch; period in history marked by significant events. Pronounced jì yuán.

  • the beginning year of a calendar era; epoch
  • era; epoch; period in history marked by significant events

Definitions & Examples

Gōng
yuán
nián
dàn
shēng
nián
wéi
yuán
 

The Common Era calendar takes the year of Jesus' birth as its epoch.

tóng
wén
míng
yǒu
tóng
de
yuán
 

Different civilizations have different epochs for their calendars.

Zhè
guó
jiā
cǎi
yòng
le
zhǒng
xīn
de
yuán
 

This country adopted a new calendar epoch.

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