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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 初期

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
初期 chū qī - initial stage
- beginning period

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 12,953 5,039 13,282

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
初 chū- at first
- (at the) beginning
- first
- junior
- basic
期 qī- a period of time
- phase
- stage
- classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
- time
- term
- period
- to hope
- Taiwan pr. [qi2]
期 qī- variant of 期[qi1]
- period
- cycle

Other Words Containing 初期

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
初期 - 5 12,953 5,039 13,282