期限

Chinese

		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	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (期限)		期	限
anagram		限期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qīxiàn, qíxiàn

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ haan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-han
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-hǎn / kî-hān / kî-ān
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji-ghe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cisiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsien⁴
  - Yale: chī-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishiann
  - Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qíxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: císiàn
  - Wade–Giles: chʻi²-hsien⁴
  - Yale: chí-syàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishiann
  - Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: kei⁴ haan⁶
  - Yale: kèih haahn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ haan⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ han⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ haːn²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-han
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ han
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ki² han⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ han⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hǎn
  - Tâi-lô: kî-hǎn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² han²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hān
  - Tâi-lô: kî-hān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'han
  - IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ han³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ han³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² han²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-ān
  - Tâi-lô: kî-ān
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ki'an
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² an²²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji-ghe
  - MiniDict: ji^去 ghe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-hhe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² ɦe⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: gi heanX

Rime
Character	期	限
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	渠之切	胡簡切
Baxter	gi	heanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/ɦˠɛn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/ɦᵚæn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/ɣæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/ɦəɨn^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/ɣɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/ɣæn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/	/ɣăn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	haan⁶

Noun

期限

deadline; due date; term; time limit; allotted time
交貨期限／交货期限 ― jiāohuò qīxiàn ― delivery deadline

Synonyms

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大限 (dàxiàn)
截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī)
時限 / 时限 (shíxiàn)
程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
限期 (xiànqī)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (期限):

→ Japanese: 期(き)限(げん) (kigen)
→ Korean: 기한(期限) (gihan)

Others:

→ Zhuang: geizhanh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
期	限
き Grade: 3	げん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) きげん [kíꜜgèǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [kʲiɡẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

期(き)限(げん) • (kigen)

time limit, deadline, cutoff
パスワードが期限(きげん)切(ぎ)れです。
Pasuwādo ga kigen-gire desu.
Your password has expired.
(literally, “Your password is past the time limit.”)
time frame

Derived terms

期(き)限(げん)付(つ)き (kigentsuki)
確定(かくてい)期(き)限(げん) (kakutei kigen)
使(し)用(よう)期(き)限(げん) (shiyō kigen)
償(しょう)還(かん)期(き)限(げん) (shōkan kigen)
消(しょう)費(ひ)期(き)限(げん) (shōhi kigen)
賞(しょう)味(み)期(き)限(げん) (shōmi kigen)
不(ふ)確(かく)定(てい)期(き)限(げん) (fukakutei kigen)
無(む)期(き)限(げん) (mukigen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
期	限

Noun

期限 • (gihan) (hangeul 기한)

hanja form^? of 기한 (“time limit, deadline”)