公元 — meaning in English
gōng yuán
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English meaning
- ad noun An advertisement.
Senses
公元 is used for these senses in English:
- AD (often, punctuated) Initialism of Anno Domini (borrowed from Latin); in the year of our Lord.
- Anno Domini In the year of our Lord (often abbreviated A.D. or AD).
- Christian Era The current date era beginning approximately 2000 years ago in the Gregorian calendar, based on the (assumed) birth of Jesus Christ.
- Common Era (chronology) The secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era, the internationally recognized method of numbering years on the Gregorian calendar.