record, annal, historical account

DEFINITIONS

紀 jì
  • order
  • discipline
  • age
  • era
  • period
  • to chronicle
紀 jǐ
  • surname Ji
  • also pr. [Ji4]

WORDS

創世 chuàng shì jì Genesis (first book of the Bible); creation myth
受難念 shòu nán jì niàn memorial
哥倫布 gē lún bù jì Columbus
埃涅阿斯 āi niè ā sī jì Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
埃迪卡拉 āi dí kǎ lā jì Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
元 dà jì yuán Epoch Times, US newspaper
元時報 dà jì yuán shí bào Epoch Times, US newspaper
奧陶 ào táo jì Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago)
始新 shǐ xīn jì Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
寒武 hán wǔ jì Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago)
寒武大爆發 hán wǔ jì dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
寒武生命大爆發 hán wǔ jì shēng mìng dà bào fā the Cambrian explosion
屈原念館 qū yuán jì niàn guǎn Qu Yuan Memorial Hall in Zigui county 秭歸縣|秭归县[Zi3 gui1 Xian4], Hubei, built in 1982 and a major tourist attraction since then
nián jì age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
志留 zhì liú jì Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago)
zhèng jì rules for political staff; political discipline
元 xīn jì yuán New Age (movement); new era; new epoch
日本書 rì běn shū jì Nihonshoki or Chronicles of Japan (c. 720) book of mythology and history
澤 zēng jì zé Cang Jize or Tseng Chi-tse (1839-1890), pioneer diplomat of late Qing, serve as imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK, France and Russia
běn jì biographic sketch of an emperor
東現漢 dōng xiàn hàn jì Records of the Eastern Han, model for History of Later Han 後漢書|后汉书
fǎ jì law and order; rules and discipline
泥盆 ní pén jì Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago)
德 bān jì dé pancetta (Italian belly); salted spiced dried pork belly
白堊 bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago)