English–Chinese
“century” in Chinese
Chinese
Pronunciation
Pinyinshì jì
Example
下个世纪会有什么变化？xià gè shì jì huì yǒu shén me biàn huà
What changes will the next century bring?
How to say “century” in Chinese
“Century” in Chinese is 世纪 (shì jì).
A numbered frame on the historical timeline, with each frame spanning one hundred years.
Example sentences with 世纪
我们现在生活在二十一世纪。wǒ men xiàn zài shēng huó zài èr shí yí shì jì
We live in the twenty-first century now.
Tips for using 世纪
- English names centuries with ordinal numbers, while Chinese commonly puts a cardinal number before this noun, so the number is not read as a quantity of centuries.