中生代

Chinese

Etymology 1

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	era
simp. and trad. (中生代)		中	生	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngshēng Dài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saang¹ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngshēng Dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongsheng Dài
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-shêng¹ Tai⁴
    • Yale: Jūng-shēng Dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongsheng Day
    • Palladius: Чжуншэн Дай (Čžunšɛn Daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ saang¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: jūng sāang doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saang¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Proper noun

中生代

1. (geology) the Mesozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 252.17 to 66.0 million years ago)

See also

• 三疊紀／三叠纪 (Sāndié Jì)
• 侏羅紀／侏罗纪 (Zhūluó Jì)
• 白堊紀／白垩纪 (Bái'è Jì)
• 古生代 (Gǔshēng Dài)
• 新生代 (Xīnshēng Dài)
• 顯生宙／显生宙 (Xiǎnshēng Zhòu)

Etymology 2

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad. (中生代)		中	生	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhōngshēngdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zung¹ saang¹ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhōngshēngdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhongshengdài
    • Wade–Giles: chung¹-shêng¹-tai⁴
    • Yale: jūng-shēng-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jongshengday
    • Palladius: чжуншэндай (čžunšɛndaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zung¹ saang¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: jūng sāang doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzung¹ saang¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zung¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Noun

中生代

1. middle-aged people

Japanese

Kanji in this term
中	生	代
ちゅう Grade: 1	せい Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ちゅうせ​ーだい [chùúséꜜèdàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɨᵝːse̞ːda̠i]

Proper noun

中(ちゅう)生(せい)代(だい) • (Chūseidai) 

1. the Mesozoic era

See also

• 三(さん)畳(じょう)紀(き) (Sanjōki)
• ジュラ紀(き) (Jura-ki)
• 白(はく)亜(あ)紀(き) (Hakuaki)
• 顕(けん)生(せい)代(だい) (Kenseidai)
• 古(こ)生(せい)代(だい) (Koseidai)
• 新(しん)生(せい)代(だい) (Shinseidai)