新生代
Chinese
Etymology 1
| nascent; emerging | generation | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新生代) | 新生 | 代 | |
| simp. #(新生代) | 新生 | 代 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshēngdài
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: sinshengdài
- Wade–Giles: hsin1-shêng1-tai4
- Yale: syīn-shēng-dài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshengday
- Palladius: синьшэндай (sinʹšɛndaj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 sang1 doi6
- Yale: sān sāng doih
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 sang1 doi6
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 seng1 doi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
新生代
Etymology 2
| new; newly; meso- (chem.) | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
era | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (新生代) | 新 | 生 | 代 | |
| simp. #(新生代) | 新 | 生 | 代 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): san1 sang1 doi6
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-seng-tāi / Sin-sng-tāi
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnshēng Dài
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsheng Dài
- Wade–Giles: Hsin1-shêng1 Tai4
- Yale: Syīn-shēng Dài
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinsheng Day
- Palladius: Синьшэн Дай (Sinʹšɛn Daj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 sang1 doi6
- Yale: sān sāng doih
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 sang1 doi6
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 seng1 doi6
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-seng-tāi
- Tâi-lô: Sin-sing-tāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: sinsengdai
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
- IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-sng-tāi
- Tâi-lô: Sin-sng-tāi
- Phofsit Daibuun: sinsngdai
- IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sŋ̍³³ tai⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Proper noun
新生代
- (geology) the Cenozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 66.0 million years ago until the present)
Coordinate terms
- 老生代
- 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
See also
- 古近紀／古近纪 (Gǔjìn Jì)
- 新近紀／新近纪 (Xīnjìn Jì)
- 第四紀／第四纪 (Dìsì Jì)
- 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
- 顯生宙／显生宙 (Xiǎnshēng Zhòu)
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 新 | 生 | 代 |
| しん Grade: 2 |
せい Grade: 1 |
だい Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | ||
Pronunciation
Proper noun
新生代 • (Shinseidai)