Chinese symbol for “quaternary”
第四纪
dì sì jì
Traditional: 第四紀
fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for quaternary is 第四纪 (dì sì jì), defined as: fourth period; quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 第四纪.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 第一 | dì yī | first; most important; primary; foremost |
| 第一次 | dì yī cì | the first time; for the first time |
| 第二 | dì èr | second; number two |
| 第二次 | dì èr cì | the second time; the second occurrence |
| 第二天 | dì èr tiān | next day; the morrow |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debate |
| 四处 (四處) | sì chù | all over the place; everywhere and all directions |
| 世纪 (世紀) | shì jì | century |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.