期
Meaning
- a period of time
- phase
- stage
Example sentence
后会有期。
We'll meet again.
The character 期
期 has 月, the moon, on the right: a stretch counted in months. 星期 the week, 日期 a date, 学期 a term, 假期 a holiday, 长期 the long run — and 期待 is waiting for a time to arrive.
Words containing 期
- 日期 rì qī date
- 星期 xīng qī week
- 星期日 Xīng qī rì Sunday
- 星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday
- 假期 jià qī vacation
- 学期 xué qī term
- 长期 cháng qī long-term; for a protracted period
- 定期 dìng qī at set dates
- 短期 duǎn qī short-term
- 近期 jìn qī near in time
- 期待 qī dài to look forward to
- 期间 qī jiān period of time
- 期末 qī mò the end of a term or semester (in school)
- 期限 qī xiàn time limit
- 期中 qī zhōng interim