定期

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	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
simp. and trad. (定期)		定	期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dìngqī, dìngqí

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧ, ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kei⁴
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): thin-khì

(Hailu, HRS): tin^˖ ki
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tēng-kî

(Teochew, Peng'im): dian⁷ ki⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìngci
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻi¹
  - Yale: dìng-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchi
  - Palladius: динци (dinci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dìngcí
  - Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻi²
  - Yale: dìng-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchyi
  - Palladius: динци (dinci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: ding⁶ kei⁴
  - Yale: dihng kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² kʰei̯²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-khì
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin ki^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ ki²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ kʰi¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: tin^˖ ki
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰin³³ kʰi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tīng-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexngkii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ki²³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dian⁷ ki⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāⁿ khî
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

Verb

定期

to fix a period

Noun

定期

fixed period
(Hong Kong, banking) short for 定期存款 (“time deposit”)

Adjective

定期

(banking, or generally, attributive) fixed; periodical; regular
定期維護／定期维护 ― dìngqī wéihù ― regular maintenance

Antonyms

活期 (huóqī)

Derived terms

定期存款 (dìngqī cúnkuǎn)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (定期):

→ Japanese: 定期(ていき) (teiki)
→ Korean: 정기(定期) (jeonggi)
→ Vietnamese: định kì (定期)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	期
てい Grade: 3	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) てーき [téꜜèkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [te̞ːkʲi]

Noun

定(てい)期(き) • (teiki)

fixed period
short for 定期乗車券

Korean

Hanja in this term
定	期

Noun

定期 • (jeonggi) (hangeul 정기)

hanja form^? of 정기 (“fixed period”)