新生代

Chinese

Etymology 1

		nascent; emerging	generation
trad. (新生代)		新生	代
simp. #(新生代)		新生	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnshēngdài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sang¹ doi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnshēngdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinshengdài
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-shêng¹-tai⁴
    • Yale: syīn-shēng-dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshengday
    • Palladius: синьшэндай (sinʹšɛndaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: sān sāng doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seng¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/

Noun

新生代

1. new generation

Etymology 2

		new; newly; meso- (chem.)	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw	era
trad. (新生代)		新	生	代
simp. #(新生代)		新	生	代

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Xīnshēng Dài

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ sang¹ doi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Sin-seng-tāi / Sin-sng-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Xīnshēng Dài
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Sinsheng Dài
    • Wade–Giles: Hsin¹-shêng¹ Tai⁴
    • Yale: Syīn-shēng Dài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Shinsheng Day
    • Palladius: Синьшэн Дай (Sinʹšɛn Daj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Yale: sān sāng doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ sang¹ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ seng¹ doi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵ tɔːi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-seng-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-sing-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsengdai
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tai³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² siɪŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tai²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Sin-sng-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: Sin-sng-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinsngdai
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ sŋ̍³³ tai⁴¹/

Proper noun

新生代

1. (geology) the Cenozoic era (part of the Phanerozoic eon, spanning from 66.0 million years ago until the present)

Coordinate terms

• 老生代
• 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)

See also

• 古近紀／古近纪 (Gǔjìn Jì)
• 新近紀／新近纪 (Xīnjìn Jì)
• 第四紀／第四纪 (Dìsì Jì)
• 中生代 (Zhōngshēng Dài)
• 顯生宙／显生宙 (Xiǎnshēng Zhòu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	生	代
しん Grade: 2	せい Grade: 1	だい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんせ​ーだい [shìńséꜜèdàì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɰ̃se̞ːda̠i]

Proper noun

新(しん)生(せい)代(だい) • (Shinseidai) 

1. the Cenozoic era

See also

• 古(こ)第(だい)三(さん)紀(き) (Kodaisanki)
• 新(しん)第(だい)三(さん)紀(き) (Shindaisanki)
• 第(だい)四(よん)紀(き) (Daiyonki)
• 顕(けん)生(せい)代(だい) (Kenseidai)
• 中(ちゅう)生(せい)代(だい) (Chūseidai)