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二十世纪

èrshíshìjì

20th century

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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20th century

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 二十世纪 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 二十世纪 appears in 4 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.

原子弹是二十世纪物理学的产物。yuán zǐ dàn shì èr shí shì jì wù lǐ xué de chǎn wù。

The atomic bomb is the offspring of 20th century physics.

在二十世纪末期，南斯拉夫被美国认为是一个流氓国家。zài èr shí shì jì mò qī， nán sī lā fū bèi měi guó rèn wéi shì yí gè liú máng guó jiā。

In the late 20th century, Yugoslavia was considered a rogue state by the United States.

二十世纪中以后，北京胡同的数量显著地下降，因为人们把它们拆毁以便给新的楼房和街路让路。èr shí shì jì zhōng yǐ hòu， běi jīng hú tòng de shù liàng xiǎn zhù dì xià jiàng， yīn wèi rén men bǎ tā men chāi huǐ yǐ biàn gěi xīn de lóu fáng hé jiē lù ràng lù。

Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 二十世纪.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 二十世纪.

Directly before

  • 在二十世纪1
  • 是二十世纪1
  • 是不是二十世纪1

Directly after

  • 二十世纪中1
  • 二十世纪末期1
  • 二十世纪物理学1
  • 二十世纪最1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 二十世纪

What does 二十世纪 mean in Chinese?

二十世纪 (èrshíshìjì) means 20th century.

How do you pronounce 二十世纪?

二十世纪 is pronounced èrshíshìjì.

Is 二十世纪 an HSK word?

二十世纪 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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