| 白垩纪 |
Bái è jì |
Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) |
| 白 |
Bái |
surname Bai / Bai ethnic group |
| 白 |
bái |
white / in vain / free of charge / (bound form) (of facts, the truth, a situation) clear; evident (e.g. 真相大白) / (bound form) plain; without additions (e.g. 白饭) / (bound form) to explain; to state (e.g. 辩白) / (bound form) to give a disdainful look (e.g. 白了他一眼) / (bound form) vernacular (e.g. 白话) / (bound form) spoken lines in opera (e.g. 念白) / (bound form) reactionary; anti-communist (e.g. 白区) |
| 白垩 |
bái è |
chalk |
| 垩 |
è |
to whitewash / to plaster |
| 纪 |
Jǐ |
surname Ji / also pr. [Ji4] |
| 纪 |
jì |
order / discipline / age / era / period / to chronicle |