纪年

紀年
jìnián
noun #59,200

Meanings

  1. 1 calendar era; way of numbering the years
  2. 2 to number the years
  3. 3 annals; chronicle

Examples

HSK 6
Gǔdài Zhōngguó yòng huángdì de niánhào jìnián.
Ancient China numbered its years by the emperor's reign title.
HSK 6
Gōngyuán jìnián yǐ chuánshuō zhōng Yēsū dànshēng de nà yì nián wéi yuánnián.
The Common Era count takes the traditional year of Jesus's birth as year one.

Tips

culture
Chinese history numbers its years in several ways: by reign title (年号, as in "year ten of 乾隆"), by the sixty-year cycle of 干支 names (癸卯 was 2023), and on the mainland since 1949 by the Common Era, 公元.

Stroke Order

纪 jì
年 nián