世纪

• 拼音: shì jì
• 汉字拆解: 世 = pictograph representing three decades (thirty years); 纪 = 纟 (silk) + 己 (self, phonetic)

含义

Century; a period of one hundred years. Used to refer to specific centuries or to express a long span of time.

Commonly used in historical and temporal contexts. Can also appear in figurative expressions like 世纪性的 (epoch-making) to describe something of great historical significance.

例句

1. 二十一世纪是科技发展最快的时代。
2. 这座城堡建于十八世纪。
3. 人们把这次发现称为世纪大发现。

用法指南

语境: history, academic, news

语气: informative

正确说法

• 我们生活在二十一世纪。(We live in the 21st century.)
• 上个世纪发生了很多变化。(A lot of changes happened last century.)

错误说法

• 这个世纪的天气真好。(Don't use 世纪 to refer to short time periods — it means a hundred years, not a season or year.)

起源与历史

世 means 'generation' or 'era' and 纪 means 'record' or 'period'. Together they denote a recorded span of one hundred years.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal