# 公元 (gōngyuán)

In Mandarin Chinese, 公元 (gōngyuán) means “AD; Common Era”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: AD; Common Era
- Pinyin: gōngyuán (gong1 yuan2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这座古桥建于公元八百年。
  Zhè zuò gǔqiáo jiàn yú gōngyuán bābǎi nián.
  This ancient bridge was built in 800 AD.

## Characters

- [公](https://hanziro.com/word/gong-public/) (gōng): public; common
- [元](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-yuan/) (yuán): yuan (currency unit)

https://hanziro.com/word/gong-yuan-ad/

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