石炭紀

See also: 石炭纪

Chinese

		coal	period
trad. (石炭紀)		石炭	紀
simp. (石炭纪)		石炭	纪

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Shítàn Jì
(Zhuyin): ㄕˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sek⁶ taan³ gei²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Shítàn Jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˊ ㄊㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Shíhtàn Jì
  - Wade–Giles: Shih²-tʻan⁴ Chi⁴
  - Yale: Shŕ-tàn Jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shyrtann Jih
  - Palladius: Шитань Цзи (Šitanʹ Czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩³⁵ tʰän⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sek⁶ taan³ gei²
  - Yale: sehk taan géi
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sek⁹ taan³ gei²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ség⁶ tan³ géi²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛːk̚² tʰaːn³³ kei̯³⁵/

Proper noun

石炭紀

(geology) the Carboniferous period (part of the Paleozoic era, spanning from 358.9 to 298.9 million years ago)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
石	炭	紀
せき Grade: 1	たん Grade: 3	き Grade: 5
kan’on

Etymology

石炭 (sekitan, “coal”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”)

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Kan’on

(Tokyo) せきたんき [sèkítáꜜǹkì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [se̞kʲi̥tã̠ŋʲkʲi]

Proper noun

石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き) • (Sekitanki)

the Carboniferous
- 1987 May 1 [Mar 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “創世日記 [Diary of Genesis]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄ＳＦ全短編; 2), volume 2 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第一章, page 23:
  八(はち)月(がつ)十(じゅう)九(く)日(にち)三(さん)億(おく)年(ねん)前(まえ)　石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き)の大(だい)森(しん)林(りん)　恐(きょう)竜(りゅう)時(じ)代(だい)はもう近(ちか)い
  Hachigatsu jūkunichi san'okunen mae Sekitanki no daishinrin Kyōryū jidai wa mō chikai
  August 19, 300 million years ago. Huge Carboniferous forests. The age of the dinosaurs is drawing near.
- 1987 May 1 [Mar 20 1987], Fujiko Fujio, “うちの石炭紀 [My Carboniferous]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄ＳＦ全短編; 2), volume 2 (fiction), 2nd edition, Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章, page 576:
  三(さん)億(おく)年(ねん)前(まえ)古(こ)生(せい)代(だい)石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き)の地(ち)球(きゅう)にわれわれの先(せん)祖(ぞ)は現(あらわ)れた人(じん)類(るい)の歴(れき)史(し)を二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご)十(じゅう)万(まん)年(ねん)とすればそのざっと百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)倍(ばい)の昔(むかし)だ
  San'okunen mae Koseidai Sekitanki no Chikyū ni wareware no senzo wa arawareta Jinrui no rekishi o nihyakugojū-mannen to sureba Sono zatto hyakunijūbai no mukashi da
  Our ancestors emerged on this Earth 300 million years ago, in the Paleozoic Carboniferous. Given that human history has only spanned 2.5 million years, our species is about 120 times older.