初期

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	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. (初期)		初	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chūqī, chūqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧ, ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ kei⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chho͘-kî / chhe-kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): co¹ ki⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chuci
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻi¹
    • Yale: chū-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchi
    • Palladius: чуци (čuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chūqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chucí
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹-chʻi²
    • Yale: chū-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchyi
    • Palladius: чуци (čuci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: co¹ kei⁴
    • Yale: chō kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: co¹ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-kî
    • Tâi-lô: tshoo-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zho'kii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kî
    • Tâi-lô: tshe-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: co¹ ki⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsho khî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰo³³⁻²³ kʰi⁵⁵/

Noun

初期

1. early days; infancy; initial stages; prime

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	期
しょ Grade: 4	き Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しょ​き [shóꜜkì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kʲi]

Noun

初(しょ)期(き) • (shoki) 

1. initial period; early stage

   江(え)戸(ど)時(じ)代(だい)初(しょ)期(き)

   edo jidai shoki

   early Edo period

2. early days; infancy

Synonyms

• 早(そう)期(き) (sōki)

Antonyms

• 末(まっ)期(き) (makki, “final period”)

Derived terms

• 初(しょ)期(き)化(か) (shokika, “initialization”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
初	期

Noun

初期 • (chogi) (hangeul 초기)

1. Hanja form^? of 초기 (“the initial period; the beginning”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
初	期

Noun

初期

1. chữ Hán form of sơ kì (“first period; early stage; beginning”).