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century
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century
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Meaning
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Meaning
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Sense 1
Noun
century Time & Calendar
Time & calendar
A unit of time that is measured as a period of one hundred years.
vi Chúng ta đang sống ở thế kỉ hai mươi mốt.
en We are living in the twenty-first century.
Parts
thế / kỉ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 世紀 …
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Parts
thế / kỉ / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 世紀 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 世紀
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Source-aligned
Representative candidate
世紀
Candidates by syllable
thế
世
kỉ
几（己 / 紀）
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trường kỉ / thập kỉ / tư kỉ / thiên niên kỉ …
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Similar
trường kỉ / thập kỉ / tư kỉ / thiên niên kỉ …
Use
thế kỉ ánh sáng / thế nào / thế giới / như thế …
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Use
thế kỉ ánh sáng / thế nào / thế giới / như thế …