前期

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
trad. (前期)		前	期
simp. ^#(前期)		前	期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiánqī, qiánqí

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ, ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ kei⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiân-kî / chûiⁿ-kî

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoin⁵ ki⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciánci
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-chʻi¹
  - Yale: chyán-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanchi
  - Palladius: цяньци (cjanʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiánqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciáncí
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-chʻi²
  - Yale: chyán-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyanchyi
  - Palladius: цяньци (cjanʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ kei⁴
  - Yale: chìhn kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienkii
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² ki¹³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chûiⁿ-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tsuînn-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zvui'kii
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suĩ²⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoin⁵ ki⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsôiⁿ khî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sõĩ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

前期

first part; earlier part

Antonyms

後期／后期 (hòuqī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
前	期
ぜん Grade: 2	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ぜんき [zéꜜǹkì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]
IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ŋʲkʲi]

Noun

前(ぜん)期(き) • (zenki)

the first or earlier part
the first semester

Coordinate terms

前期(ぜんき) (zenki), 当期(とうき) (tōki), 今期(こんき) (konki), 後期(こうき) (kōki), 次期(じき) (jiki), 来期(らいき) (raiki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
前	期

Noun

前期 • (jeon'gi) (hangeul 전기)

hanja form^? of 전기 (“the first or earlier part”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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