gōng yuán qián

公元前 (gōng yuán qián) is a Chinese word meaning “BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)”.

Meanings

  1. 1BCE (before the Common Era)
  2. 2BC (before Christ)

Characters in 公元前

公gōng · public元yuán · currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan)前qián · front

Related words

前front之前before以前before公司company; firm; corporation办公室office; business premises美元American dollar; US dollar面前in front of目前at the present time公寓apartment building; block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4])公平fair公园park (for public recreation)前面ahead

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