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前期

qián qī

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

前期 (qián qī) means "preceding period; early stage". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 前期 means

1. preceding period
2. early stage

The characters in 前期

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Words containing 前期

• 癌前期ái qián qīprecancerous stage

Sounds the same

Read qián qī, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 前妻ex-wife; late wife

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