更新世

Mandarin · pinyin Gēng xīn shì

Meanings

  1. Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)
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更
gèng · more, still further, much more; to change, alter
新
xīn · new, recent, fresh, modern
世
shì · generation; world; era
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1–1–4 · Geng1 xin1 shi4

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gang1 san1 sai3

Pleco · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Word reading; meanings not aligned.

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  1. (geology) Pleistocene

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Exact source record更新世 更新世 [Geng1 xin1 shi4] /Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages)/