中元古代

Chinese

		middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)	primeval past	era
simp. and trad. (中元古代)		中	元古	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Zhōngyuángǔ Dài

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngyuángǔ Dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄥ ㄩㄢˊ ㄍㄨˇ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Jhongyuángǔ Dài
    • Wade–Giles: Chung¹-yüan²-ku³ Tai⁴
    • Yale: Jūng-ywán-gǔ Dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Jongyuanguu Day
    • Palladius: Чжунъюаньгу Дай (Čžunʺjuanʹgu Daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵⁵ ɥɛn³⁵ ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ taɪ̯⁵¹/

Proper noun

中元古代

1. (geology) the Mesoproterozoic era (part of the Proterozoic eon, spanning from 1.6 to 1 billion years ago)

See also

• 古元古代 (Gǔyuángǔ Dài)
• 新元古代 (Xīnyuángǔ Dài)
• 元古宙 (Yuángǔ Zhòu)