公元前 |
gōng yuán qián |
BCE (before the Common Era) / BC (before Christ) |
公 |
gōng |
public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) |
公元 |
gōng yuán |
CE (Common Era) / Christian Era / AD (Anno Domini) |
元 |
Yuán |
surname Yuan / Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
元 |
yuán |
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / (bound form) first; original; primary / (bound form) basic; fundamental / (bound form) constituent; part / (prefix) meta- / (math.) argument; variable / era (of a reign) / (Tw) (geology) eon |
前 |
qián |
front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly |