世纪 (shì jì) — century

Definition

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 21st century.
• 这个建筑有几百年的历史，不是几个世纪。
  Zhè ge jiàn zhù yǒu jǐ bǎi nián de lì shǐ, bú shì jǐ gè shì jì.
  This building has a history of several hundred years, not several centuries.
• 上个世纪中国的技术改变了很多。
  Shàng ge shì jì zhōng guó de jì shù gǎi biàn le hěn duō.
  Chinese technology changed a lot in the last century.

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