白堊紀

See also: 白垩纪

Chinese

		chalk	period
trad. (白堊紀)		白堊	紀
simp. (白垩纪)		白垩	纪

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 白堊紀.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Bái'è Jì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ ok³ gei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Bái'è Jì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄜˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Bái-è Jì
  - Wade–Giles: Pai²-o⁴ Chi⁴
  - Yale: Bái-è Jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Baireh Jih
  - Palladius: Байэ Цзи (Bajɛ Czi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ˀɤ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ ok³ gei³
  - Yale: baahk ok gei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ ok⁸ gei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ og³ géi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² ɔːk̚³ kei̯³³/

Proper noun

白堊紀

(geology) the Cretaceous period (part of the Mesozoic era, spanning from 145.0 to 66.0 million years ago)

See also

侏羅紀／侏罗纪 (Zhūluó Jì)
中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
古近紀／古近纪 (Gǔjìn Jì)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	堊	紀
はく Grade: 1	あ Hyōgai	き Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology

白堊 (hakua, “white chalk”) +‎ 紀 (-ki, “period”).

For pronunciation and definitions of 白堊紀 – see the following entry.

【白亜紀はくあき】

[proper noun] the Cretaceous

(This term, 白堊紀, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)