紀元

纪元
jìyuán
  1. calendar era
  2. epoch

CEDICT

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

Wiktionary

  1. 年歲的始元。我國古代皆以新君即位的次年為元年；民國成立，則以成立之年為元年。歐美各國多以耶穌降生之年為元年。如漢武帝建元元年、唐太宗貞觀元年。
  2. 新時代的開始。

重編國語辭典

  1. 時代，時期
  2. 歷史紀年的起算年份

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 紀 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

大紀元 Dà Jìyuán Epoch Times, US newspaper
新紀元 Xīnjìyuán New Age (movement)
新紀元 xīnjìyuán new era; new epoch
紀元前 jìyuánqián before the common era (BC)
耶穌紀元 Yēsūjìyuán

Related entries

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

年頭 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