HSK 4 · Time

世纪 shìjì “century” in Chinese

Traditional 世紀

What 世纪 means

  1. century

How to say 世纪

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale世shì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale纪jì4th tone, falling

世纪 in a sentence

  1. 一个世纪就是一百年。

    Yí ge shìjì jiù shì yìbǎi nián.

    A century is one hundred years.

    Sentence #1929101 from Tatoeba

  2. 二十一世纪是在二零零一年开始的。

    Èrshíyī shìjì shì zài èr líng líng yī nián kāishǐ de.

    The twenty-first century began in 2001.

    Sentence #472646 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 婚礼会在一座十七世纪的教堂里举行。

    Hūnlǐ huì zài yí zuò shíqī shìjì de jiàotáng lǐ jǔxíng.

    The wedding will be held in a seventeenth-century church.

    Sentence #565602 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 世纪 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 世 (shì) drawn as one shape
世shìlife

世 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 纪 (jì) with each of its parts in a different colour
纪jìorder
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 己self · jǐSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 己 (jǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with jì.

How to write 世纪

世 5 strokes · 纪 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

世纪 (shìjì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 世纪 (shìjì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 世纪

Words with 世

世界shìjiè · world去世qùshì · to pass away世代shìdài · for generations逝世shìshì · to pass away问世wènshì · to be published举世瞩目jǔshìzhǔmù · to attract worldwide attention

Words with 纪

年纪niánjì · age纪录jìlù · record (e.g. a sporting record)纪念jìniàn · to commemorate纪律jìlǜ · discipline纪要jìyào · summary

More words: Time

号hào · number礼拜天Lǐbàitiān · Sunday秒miǎo · second (of time)偶尔ǒu'ěr · occasionally平时píngshí · ordinarily同时tóngshí · at the same time永远yǒngyuǎn · forever暂时zànshí · temporary

FAQs

世纪 (shìjì) means “century”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it shìjì: shì with a 4th tone, then jì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 世纪 is written 世紀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shiji with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 世纪 from the suggestions. Typing shiji into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
世纪 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.