公元前 gōng yuán qián

BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 12997th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
公 gōng HSK 2
public; fair; just
元 yuán HSK 3
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); original; primary
前 qián HSK 1
front; before; forward