初期 Chinese English dictionary 初期 translate 初期 pinyin

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初期

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
初期 chūqī	初期 \| 初期* \| *初期	initial stage / beginning period	HSK 5

Character decomposition:

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
初	初 \| 初* \| *初	7画刀刂 + 5 衣衤 + 2	chū	beginning, initial, primary	co1	3722.0 LSH


期	期 \| 期* \| *期	12画月 + 8	qī, qí, jī	period of time; date; time limit	kei4	4782.0 TCB

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
初期 chūqī	初期 \| 初期* \| *初期	initial stage / beginning period


初 chū	初 \| 初* \| *初	(bound form) at first; initially / (bound form) first; early / (bound form) (in lunar calendar dates, before numerals 1–10) days 1 to 10 of a month, as in 初三 "the third"


期　qī	期 \| 期* \| *期	variant of 期 / period / cycle


期　qī	期 \| 期* \| *期	a period of time / phase / stage / classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study / time / term / period / to hope / Taiwan pr. [qi2]