本世纪 (běn shì jǐ) — this century | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

this century

Examples

本世纪，。
běn shì jǐ Yǐ lái, kē jì fā zhǎn hěn kuài.
Since the beginning of this century, technology has developed rapidly.
本世纪。
Wǒ men de mù biāo shì běn shì jǐ nèi shí xiàn tàn zhōng hé.
Our goal is to achieve carbon neutrality within this century.
本世纪，。
běn shì jǐ Mò, rén kǒu jiāng dá yì bǎi yì.
By the end of this century, the population will reach ten billion.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

世纪century

世shìera纪jìera

联合Coordinate

本 points to the present one and 世纪 names a century, giving this century.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

本 adds a stroke at the bottom of a tree shape to mark the roots, giving the sense of foundation or original.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 紀; 纪 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

糸糸mìsilk

Sound part声符shēngfú

己

己jǐ紀jì

Same sound today

The traditional form 紀 pairs 糸, silk, with 己 as the sound part; the simplified 纪 is a shorthand.

Appears in

Time (Abstract)

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