佳期

Chinese

		excellent	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. (佳期)		佳	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiāqī, jiāqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧ, ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaai¹ kei⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiaci
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: jyā-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiachi
    • Palladius: цзяци (czjaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiāqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiací
    • Wade–Giles: chia¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: jyā-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiachyi
    • Palladius: цзяци (czjaci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaai¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: gāai kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaai¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gai¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːi̯⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/

Noun

佳期

1. wedding day; nuptial day
2. (literary) period of courtship
3. (literary) date of a rendezvous with a beautiful woman

Synonyms

• (wedding day): 婚期 (hūnqī), 吉期 (jíqī), 喜日 (xǐrì), 好日子 (hǎorìzi), 喜期 (xǐqī)