古生代

Chinese

		ancient; old	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	era
simp. and trad. (古生代)		古	生	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Gǔshēng Dài

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gu² saang¹ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Gǔshēng Dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄨˇ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Gǔsheng Dài
    • Wade–Giles: Ku³-shêng¹ Tai⁴
    • Yale: Gǔ-shēng Dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Guusheng Day
    • Palladius: Гушэн Дай (Gušɛn Daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gu² saang¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: gú sāang doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gu² saang¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: gu² sang¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuː³⁵ saːŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Proper noun

古生代

1. (geology) the Paleozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 541 to 252.17 million years ago)

See also

• 寒武紀／寒武纪 (Hánwǔ Jì)
• 奧陶紀／奥陶纪 (Àotáo Jì)
• 志留紀／志留纪 (Zhìliú Jì)
• 泥盆紀／泥盆纪 (Nípén Jì)
• 石炭紀／石炭纪 (Shítàn Jì)
• 二疊紀／二叠纪 (Èrdié Jì)
• 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
• 顯生宙／显生宙 (Xiǎnshēng Zhòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
古	生	代
こ Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
kan'on		goon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こせーだい [kòséꜜèdàì] (Nakadaka – [2])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞se̞ːda̠i]

Proper noun

古(こ)生(せい)代(だい) • (Koseidai) 

1. the Paleozoic
   • 1987 May 1 [1987 March 20], Fujiko Fujio, “うちの石炭紀 [My Carboniferous]”, in みどりの守り神 [Green Guardian God] (藤子不二雄 ＳＦ全短編; 2), 2nd edition, volume 2 (fiction), Tokyo: Chuokoronsha, →ISBN, 第三章, page 576:

     三(さん)億(おく)年(ねん)前(まえ)古(こ)生(せい)代(だい)石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き)の地(ち)球(きゅう)にわれわれの先(せん)祖(ぞ)は現(あらわ)れた人(じん)類(るい)の歴(れき)史(し)を二(に)百(ひゃく)五(ご)十(じゅう)万(まん)年(ねん)とすればそのざっと百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)倍(ばい)の昔(むかし)だ

     San'okunen mae Koseidai Sekitanki no Chikyū ni wareware no senzo wa arawareta Jinrui no rekishi o nihyakugojū-mannen to sureba Sono zatto hyakunijūbai no mukashi da

     Our ancestors emerged on this Earth 300 million years ago, in the Paleozoic Carboniferous. Given that human history has only spanned 2.5 million years, our species is about 120 times older.

See also

• カンブリア紀(き) (Kanburia-ki)
• オルドビス紀(き) (Orudobisu-ki)
• シルル紀(き) (Shiruru-ki)
• デボン紀(き) (Debon-ki)
• 石(せき)炭(たん)紀(き) (Sekitanki)
• ペルム紀(き) (Perumu-ki)
• 顕(けん)生(せい)代(だい) (Kenseidai)
• 中(ちゅう)生(せい)代(だい) (Chūseidai)