公元(gōng yuán)

HSK 62 characters

CE (Common Era)

Character breakdown

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Example sentences

How 公元 is used in everyday Chinese — the speaker reads the whole sentence.

  • 公元是从基督的生年算起的。

    gōng yuán shì cóng jī dū de shēng nián suàn qǐ de

    The Christian era is counted from the birth of Christ.

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