纪元

紀元
jìyuán
  1. calendar era
  2. epoch

CEDICT

  1. era; time; period; epoch
  2. the beginning of an era or reign

Wiktionary

  1. 年岁的始元。我国古代皆以新君即位的次年为元年；民国成立，则以成立之年为元年。欧美各国多以耶稣降生之年为元年。如汉武帝建元元年、唐太宗贞观元年。
  2. 新时代的开始。

重編國語辭典

  1. 时代，时期
  2. 历史纪年的起算年份

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 纪 jì
  1. order
  2. discipline
  3. age
  4. era
  5. period
  6. to chronicle
2 元 yuán
  1. currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)
  2. (bound form) first; original; primary
  3. (bound form) basic; fundamental
  4. (bound form) constituent; part
  5. (prefix) meta-
  6. (math.) argument; variable
  7. era (of a reign)
  8. (Tw) (geology) eon

Containing this entry

大纪元 Dà Jìyuán Epoch Times, US newspaper
新纪元 Xīnjìyuán New Age (movement)
新纪元 xīnjìyuán new era; new epoch
纪元前 jìyuánqián before the common era (BC)
耶稣纪元 Yēsūjìyuán

Related entries

纪年 jìnián
  1. to number the years
  2. calendar era
  3. annals
  4. chronicle
时代 shídài
  1. age
  2. era
  3. epoch
  4. period (in one's life)

classifier: 個

时代在变化。

Times are changing.

Source: Tatoeba

年头 niántóu
  1. start of the year
  2. whole year
  3. a particular year
  4. period
  5. days
  6. epoch
  7. a year's harvest
婚姻走过十个年头一切只是例行公事。

Ten years after the wedding, everything is just routine.

Source: Tatoeba

世 shì
  1. life
  2. age
  3. generation
  4. era
  5. world
  6. lifetime
  7. epoch
  8. descendant
  9. noble
他在數年前去世了。

He died some years since.

Source: Tatoeba