时期
Old HSK 5
时期 (shíqī) · period
时期 (shíqī) means “period; era; phase”. It is written with 2 characters: 时 (time) + 期 (period). It is an old HSK 5 word (HSK 2.0).
How 时期 is built
The characters
时 shí · time
What 时 is made of
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: day (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
期 qī · period
What 期 is made of
- 其qí — his
- 甘gān — sweet
- 卄niàn — twenty
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 八bā — eight
- 甘gān — sweet
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 月 gives the meaning, 其 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
那是我人生中最困难的时期。Nà shì wǒ rénshēng zhōng zuì kùnnan de shíqī.That was the hardest period of my life.
这座桥是古代时期建的。Zhè zuò qiáo shì gǔdài shíqī jiàn de.This bridge was built in ancient times.
Questions about 时期
What does 时期 mean?
时期 (shíqī) means “period; era; phase”.
How do you pronounce 时期?
时期 is pronounced shíqī.
Which HSK level is 时期?
时期 is in Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 时候shíhoutime
- 时间shíjiāntime
- 小时xiǎoshíhour
- 有时候yǒushíhousometimes
- 当时dāngshíthen
- 那时候nà shíhouat that time
- 平时píngshíusually
- 随时suíshíat any time
- 同时tóngshíat the same time
- 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhood
Learn 时期 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 5 · Group 85: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.