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同期

tóng qī

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

同期 (tóng qī) means "the corresponding time period (in a different year etc); concurrent; synchronous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 同期 means

1. the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)
2. concurrent
3. synchronous

The characters in 同期

• 同tónglike; same; similar
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Sounds the same

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

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