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日期

rì qī

HSK 1 · word 306 of 3,000

Meaning

• date

Example sentence

Characters in 日期

• 日 rì (bound form) sun
• 期 qī a period of time

日 day plus 期, a set period. 期 recurs in 星期 week and 学期 term, always meaning a bounded stretch of time.

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