第四紀

第四紀

See also: 第四纪

Chinese

		fourthly; fourth	discipline; age; era discipline; age; era; period; order; record
trad. (第四紀)		第四	紀
simp. (第四纪)		第四	纪

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dìsìjì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dai⁶ sei³ gei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: Dìsìjì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧˋ ㄙˋ ㄐㄧˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dihsyhjih
    • IPA ^(key): /ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ sz̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dai⁶ sei³ gei³
    • Yale: daih sei gei
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dai⁶ sei³ gei³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dei⁶ séi³ géi³
    • IPA ^(key): /tɐi̯²² sei̯³³ kei̯³³/

Proper noun

第四紀

1. the Quaternary period

Synonyms

• 晚第三紀／晚第三纪 (Wǎndìsānjì)

See also

• 新近紀／新近纪 (Xīnjìnjì)
• 新生代 (Xīnshēngdài)
• 第三紀／第三纪 (Dìsānjì)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
第	四	紀
だい Grade: 3	し Grade: 1	き Grade: 4
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
第	四	紀
だい Grade: 3	よん Grade: 1	き Grade: 4

Etymology

第四 (daiyon, “fourth”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) だ​い [dáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [da̠i]

• Yutōyomi
  • (Tokyo) よ​んき [yóꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [jõ̞ŋʲkʲi]

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) だ​いしき [dáꜜìshìkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [da̠iɕi̥kʲi]

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) だ​い [dáꜜì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [da̠i]

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) し​き [shíꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA^(key): [ɕikʲi]

Proper noun

第四紀 (hiragana だいよんき, rōmaji Daiyonki, alternative reading だいしき, rōmaji Daishiki)

1. the Quaternary period

See also

• 新 (しん)生 (せい)代 (だい) (Shinseidai)
• 新 (しん)第 (だい)三 (さん)紀 (き) (Shindaisanki)
• 第 (だい)三 (さん)紀 (き) (Daisanki)