二十世纪

二十世紀

èrshí shìjì

noun

Meanings

HSK 6

她出生于二十世纪八十年代。

Tā chūshēng yú èrshí shìjì bāshí niándài.

She was born in the 1980s (the eighties of the 20th century).

HSK 7-9

二十世纪是科技飞速发展的时代。

Èrshí shìjì shì kējì fēisù fāzhǎn de shídài.

The 20th century was an era of rapid technological development.

grammar

Decades within a century use 年代: 二十世纪八十年代 = the 1980s. The pattern is 〔century〕世纪 + 〔decade〕年代, exactly mirroring 'the eighties of the 20th century'.

二 èr

十 shí

世 shì

纪 jì