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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
qī | qi1
English translation
variant of [qī]
period
cycle
a period of time; date, time; phase

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

yuè

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

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moon

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

其月

Semantic compound

yuè

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. yuè represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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měi 星期日 Xīng qī rì 不论 bù lùn qíng dōu huì 教堂 jiào táng zuò 礼拜 lǐ bài .

Rain or shine, I go to church every Sunday.

zài 人类 rénlèi 历史 lìshǐ de 部分 bùfen 时期 shíqī Zhōng , 数学 shùxué 物理学 wù lǐ xué 几乎 jīhū 始终 shǐzhōng shì 不可 bù kě 分地 fēn dì 联系 liánxì zài 一起 yīqǐ de .

Throughout most of human history, mathematics and physics have been inseparably joined.

这个 zhè ge 假期 jià qī jiāo de Qián gòu duō le .

I've forked out enough money on this holiday.

感恩节 Gǎn ēn jié 通常 tōngcháng zài 十一月 Shí yī yuè 最后 zuìhòu de 星期四 Xīng qī sì .

Thanksgiving Day is usually on the last Thursday in November.

zhè 城市 chéngshì 反抗 fǎnkàng 敌人 dírén de 猛攻 měng gōng 两个星期 xīngqī zhī jiǔ .

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
星期 xīngqī week星期 xīngqī
期待 qīdài to await期待 qīdài
phase
期间 qījiān time期間
时期 shíqī period時期
长期 cháng qī long term長期
期望 qīwàng hope期望 qīwàng
预期 yùqī to expect預期
近期 jìn qī near in time近期 jìn qī
日期 rìqī date日期 rìqī
假期 jià qī vacation假期 jià qī
短期 duǎn qī short term短期 duǎn qī
同期 tóng qī concurrent同期 tóng qī
星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday星期五 Xīng qī wǔ
期货 qī huò abbr. for 期貨合約|期货合约 qī huò hé yuē [qī​huò​hé​yuē], futures contract (finance)期貨
星期六 Xīng qī liù Saturday星期六 Xīng qī liù
早期 zǎo qī early period早期 zǎo qī
星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday星期天 Xīng qī tiān
期限 qīxiàn time limit期限 qīxiàn
学期 xuéqī term學期
星期一 Xīng qī yī Monday星期一 Xīng qī yī
定期 dìngqī at set dates定期 dìngqī
周期 zhōuqī period週期
前期 qián qī early stage前期 qián qī
星期二 Xīng qī èr Tuesday星期二 Xīng qī èr

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