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周期

zhōu qī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 週期

周期 (zhōu qī) means "period". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 周期 means

1. period
2. cycle

The characters in 周期

• 周zhōuto make a circuit; to circle; circle
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Example sentences

• 他背周期表只是为了好玩。
  Tā bèi zhōuqībiǎo zhǐshì wèile hǎowán.
  He learnt the periodic table by heart just for fun.

Words starting with 周期

• 周期性zhōu qī xìngperiodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity
• 周期数zhōu qī shùperiodic number
• 周期系zhōu qī xìperiodic system; periodicity (chemistry)
• 周期表zhōu qī biǎoperiodic table (chemistry); abbr. of 元素周期表
• 周期解zhōu qī jiěperiodic solution (math.)
• 周期函数zhōu qī hán shùperiodic function

Words containing 周期

• 生命周期shēng mìng zhōu qīlife cycle
• 经济周期jīng jì zhōu qīeconomic cycle
• 开发周期kāi fā zhōu qīdevelopment cycle; development period; also written 开发周期
• 双周期性shuāng zhōu qī xìng(math) double periodicity
• 元素周期表yuán sù zhōu qī biǎoperiodic table of the elements (chemistry)
• 细胞周期xì bāo zhōu qīcell cycle

Where 周期 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhōu–zhū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhōu qī correctly.
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