早期

Chinese

		early; morning	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. (早期)		早	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǎoqī, zǎoqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧ, ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou² kei⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chó-khì

  (Hailu, HRS): zo^ˊ ki

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chá-kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): za² ki⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎoci
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻi¹
    • Yale: dzǎu-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochi
    • Palladius: цзаоци (czaoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǎoqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˇ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǎocí
    • Wade–Giles: tsao³-chʻi²
    • Yale: dzǎu-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzaochyi
    • Palladius: цзаоци (czaoci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou² kei⁴
    • Yale: jóu kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou² kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou² kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯³⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chó-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˋ ki^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zo³ ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so³¹ kʰi¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: zo^ˊ ki
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡so²⁴⁻³³ kʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chá-kî
    • Tâi-lô: tsá-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zafkii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sa⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ki²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sa⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ki²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sa⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ki²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: za² ki⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsá khî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sa⁵²⁻³⁵ kʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

早期

1. (often attributive) early period; early phase

   早期徵兆／早期征兆  ―  zǎoqī zhēngzhào  ―  early signs

   早期國家／早期国家  ―  zǎoqī guójiā  ―  early state

   早期干預／早期干预  ―  zǎoqī gānyù  ―  to intervene early; early intervention

   早期投資者／早期投资者  ―  zǎoqī tóuzīzhě  ―  early investor

   早期電影沒有聲音。 [MSC, trad.]
   早期电影没有声音。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǎoqī diànyǐng méiyǒu shēngyīn. [Pinyin]

   In the early days, films were silent.

Derived terms

• 兒童早期 / 儿童早期 (értóng zǎoqī)
• 兒童早期教育 / 儿童早期教育 (értóng zǎoqī jiàoyù)
• 早期教育 (zǎoqī jiàoyù)

Related terms

• 晚期 (wǎnqī)
• 中期 (zhōngqī)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
早	期
そう Grade: 1	き Grade: 3
on'yomi	kan'on

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そーき [sóꜜòkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [so̞ːkʲi]

Noun

早(そう)期(き) • (sōki) 

1. early stage

Antonyms

• 晩期(ばんき) (banki, “late stage”)

References

• “早期”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026