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Meaning of 期

Pinyin qī、 jī

Radical

月

Strokes

Definition

a period of time / phase / stage / (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study) / time / term / period / to hope

Usage

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期 (qī) 1. 规定的时间，或一段时间。 Predetermined time or a period of time. 2. 量词，用于刊物或其他分期的事物。 A measure word used for publications or other periodic items. 3. 盼望，希望。 To expect or hope. 4. 限度。 Limit. 5. 必，决定。 Necessity or determination. 6. 〔～颐〕指人活到一百岁。 Refers to living to one hundred years. 7. 地质学上指在一个国境内或一个大区域内，小于“世”的地质年代单位。 In geology, refers to a geological age unit that is smaller than an era within a specific country or large region. (动) 1. 同本义: 约会，约定。 Same original meaning: to engage, make an appointment. 2. 会，会合。 To meet or come together. 3. 希望。 To hope. (名) 1. 预定的时间;选定的日子;期限。 Scheduled time; selected day; deadline. 2. 机运;机会。 Good fortune; opportunity. 3. 时，日;一段时间。 A period of time; stage. 4. 极，限度。 Extreme; limit. 5. 量词。用于分期的事物。 A measure word used for periodic items. 1. 一周年，一整月。 One year anniversary, a whole month. 2. 一周年，一整月：～年。～月。～服（古代丧服名，要穿一年）。 One anniversary, one whole month: anniversary year; anniversary month; mourning garments (invented in ancient times, to be worn for a year). (动) 1. 约定。 To agree or make arrangements. 2. 希冀、盼望。 To expect or long for. (名) 1. 时、日，或经约定的时、日。 Time, day, or a predetermined time or day. 2. 一段时间。 A period of time. 3. 限度。 Limit. 4. 量词。计算事物分期的单位。 A measure word, a unit for calculating periodic items.

周期 zhōu qī

period / cycle

周期性 zhōu qī xìng

periodic / periodicity (math) / cyclicity

同期 tóng qī

the corresponding time period (in a different year etc) / concurrent / synchronous

后期 hòu qī

late stage / later period

妊娠期 rèn shēn qī

gestation period / duration of pregnancy

分娩期 fēn miǎn qī

delivery term / delivery period

婴儿期 yīng ér qī

infancy

孕期 yùn qī

gestation / duration of pregnancy

怀孕期 huái yùn qī

gestation period / duration of pregnancy

即期 jí qī

at sight / on demand

孵化期 fū huà qī

incubation period / time for sth to develop

高峰期 gāo fēng qī

peak period / rush hour

巅峰期 diān fēng qī

peak period / climax stage / pinnacle

延期 yán qī

to delay / to extend / to postpone / to defer

期待 qī dài

to look forward to / to await / expectation

後期 hòu qī

late stage / later period

期刊 qī kān

periodical

有期徒刑 yǒu qī tú xíng

limited term of imprisonment (i.e. anything less than life imprisonment)

刑期 xíng qī

prison term

无期徒刑 wú qī tú xíng

life imprisonment

初期 chū qī

initial stage / beginning period

恢复期 huī fù qī

convalescence

按期 àn qī

on schedule / on time

星期 xīng qī

week / CL:個|个[ge4] / day of the week / Sunday

冰期 bīng qī

glacial epoch / ice age

封冻期 fēng dòng qī

a period of freezing weather / freeze / freeze-up

六期 liù qī

Six period

期冀 qī jì

(literary) to hope for / to wish

枯水期 kū shuǐ qī

period of low water level (winter in north China)

日期 rì qī

date / CL:個|个[ge4]

早期 zǎo qī

early period / early phase / early stage

时期 shí qī

period / phase / CL:個|个[ge4]

星期天 Xīng qī tiān

Sunday / CL:個|个[ge4]

青春期 qīng chūn qī

puberty / adolescence

晚期 wǎn qī

later period / end stage / terminal

暑期 shǔ qī

summer vacation time

更年期 gēng nián qī

menopause / andropause

期望 qī wàng

to have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope

长期 cháng qī

long term / long time / long range (of a forecast)

期间 qī jiān

period of time / time / time period / period / CL:個|个[ge4]

中期 zhōng qī

middle (of a period of time) / medium-term (plan, forecast etc)

定期 dìng qī

at set dates / at regular intervals / periodic / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term

短期 duǎn qī

short term / short-term

预期 yù qī

to expect / to anticipate

近期 jìn qī

near in time / in the near future / very soon / recent

前期 qián qī

preceding period / early stage

期限 qī xiàn

time limit / deadline / allotted time

末期 mò qī

end (of a period) / last part / final phase

期末 qī mò

end of term

档期 dàng qī

slot within a schedule / timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc) / range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)

汛期 xùn qī

flood season

假期 jià qī

vacation

泌乳期 mì rǔ qī

lactation period

洪水期 hóng shuǐ qī

flood season

过渡期 guò dù qī

transitional period / interim period / layoff period

期满 qī mǎn

to expire / to run out / to come to an end

任期 rèn qī

term of office / CL:屆|届[jie4] / tenure (entire period in office)

潜伏期 qián fú qī

incubation period (of disease)

成熟期 chéng shú qī

autumn / acme / mature period / maturation stage / maturation period

期盼 qī pàn

hope and expectation / to anticipate / to look forward to / to await expectantly

休眠期 xiū mián qī

period of dormancy / quiescent stage

分期付款 fēn qī fù kuǎn

to pay in installments / payment in installments

哺乳期 bǔ rǔ qī

breastfeeding period / lactation period / suckling period

儿童期 ér tóng qī

childhood

聘期 pìn qī

employment term / employment period

第十七期 dì shí qī qī

Seventeenth issue

期期艾艾 qī qī ài ài

stammering (idiom)

苗期 miáo qī

(agriculture) seedling stage

半衰期 bàn shuāi qī

half-life

产褥期 chǎn rù qī

postnatal period / puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)

贮存期 zhù cún qī

shelf life / storage period / storage life

逾期 yú qī

to be overdue / to fail to meet a deadline / to be behind in doing sth

遥遥无期 yáo yáo wú qī

far in the indefinite future (idiom); so far away it seems forever

关键期 guān jiàn qī

critical period

无霜期 wú shuāng qī

frost-free period

限期 xiàn qī

to set a time limit / time limit / deadline

霜期 shuāng qī

frost season

鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī

flourishing age (of the ceremonial tripod) / golden age