粵

世sai3紀gei2

simp世纪
sai3 gei2shì jì

English

  1. century
  2. century; 100 years
  3. something so extreme, strange or rare; literally: something encountered once per century

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 一百年,由100嘅倍數嘅年份之後嗰一年嘅元旦起,直至下個100嘅倍數嘅年份嘅除夕;前面加上數字,表示序數,例如廿一世紀即係公元2001年1月1日至公元2100年12月31日(量詞:個)
  2. 誇張噉形容一樣嘢好極端、奇特、罕見,一百年先會遇見一次

Examples

  • 下世紀末海面預計會升五十厘米。

    Oceans are expected to rise by 50 centimeters by the end of the next century.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 英國十九世紀嗰陣,啲人成日都話打飛機會令記憶力同集中力減退。

    In the English world of the 19th century, it was often said that masturbation would lead to a loss of memory and attention.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 據估計,廿一世紀初嘅世界有超過 7,000 種語言咁多,不過大部份嘅語言都仲未畀學界詳細噉紀錄低。

    It is estimated that there are as many as 7,000 languages ​​in the world at the beginning of the twenty-first century, however most of them have not been documented in detail by the academic community.

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 喺廿一世紀嘅統計學界,逐步迴歸廣受批評,所以唔多人用。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 廿一世紀嘅電腦科學界有多種搜尋演算法可以用,而每種都有優缺點。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 就算喺19世紀尾,皇家海軍嘅水手都唔准用刀叉,因為噉樣做係軟弱嘅跡象。

    Tatoeba CC BY

  • 廿一世紀

    the 21st century

  • 世紀賤男

    the biggest douche of the century

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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