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公元前 meaning in English

gōngyuánqián

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

17 strokes

Meaning of 公元前

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

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

公元前 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

凯kǎi尔ěr特tè人rén在zài公gōng元yuán前qián600年nián首shǒu先xiān到dào来lái。
First came the Celts in 600 B.C.
公gōng元yuán前qián七qī千qiān年nián那nà段duàn时shí间jiān发fā生shēng了le很hěn多duō重zhòng要yào的de历lì史shǐ事shì件jiàn。
Many important historical events took place 7000 years B.C.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

公 gōng · public · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

元 yuán · currency unit · 4 strokes

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  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4

前 qián · front · 9 strokes

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  3. 3
  4. 4
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  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 公元前.

前天qiántiānthe day before yesterday
前边qiánbianfront; the front side
以前yǐqiánbefore; formerly
公司gōngsīcompany; firm; corporation
办公室bàngōngshìoffice; business premises
面前miànqiánin front of; facing
公平gōngpíngfair; impartial
公园gōngyuánpark (for public recreation)
公里gōnglǐkilometer
公路gōnglùhighway; road
公斤gōngjīnkilogram (kg)
公交车gōngjiāochēpublic transport vehicle; town bus

Questions about 公元前

What does 公元前 mean?

公元前 (gōngyuánqián) means "BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ)".

How do you write 公元前?

公元前 is made of 3 characters: 公 (4 strokes), 元 (4 strokes), 前 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.