FEEDBACK

Meaning of 期

Use your mouse
to draw a Chinese
character here
Pinyin:
English Definition: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
Chinese Definition:
①规定的时间,或一段时间:定期。限期。期限。学期。
②量词,用于刊物或其他分期的事物:第五期。
③盼望,希望:期望。期冀。期盼。期待。
④限度:“征敛无期求索无度”。
⑤必,决定:“期死,非勇也”。
⑥(期颐)指人活到一百岁。
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。
Total strokes: 12; Radical:
Pictophonetic: indicates the sound; (moon) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • Left to right
Similar Characters:
Step by Step Stroke Sequence: Download Customize Pin it
Stroke order image for Chinese character 期
Example Words
时期 shí period; phase; Classifiers:
期间 jiān period of time; time; time period; period; Classifiers:
长期 cháng long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)
日期 date; Classifiers:
同期 tóng the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous
More: 期* | *期 | *期*
Example Sentences
1
Today is Sunday.
2
Today is Friday.
3
What day is it today?
4
The weather was sunny on Sunday.
5
I am going on a trip on Friday.