公元

公元 gōngyuán in a sentence

A.D. (common era - C.E.)

Full dictionary entry HSK 5 2 sentences

公元 (gōngyuán) means A.D. (common era - C.E.). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

这座城建于 公元 五百年。

Zhè zuò chéng jiàn yú gōngyuán wǔbǎi nián.

This city was built in the year 500 AD.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公元

公元 前的历史很难研究。

Gōngyuán qián de lìshǐ hěn nán yánjiū.

History before the common era is hard to research.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 公元

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How is 公元 used in a sentence?

This page shows 2 sentences using 公元 (gōngyuán, "A.D. (common era - C.E.)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

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Is 公元 an HSK word?

Yes — 公元 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

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