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日期

rì qī

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word

日期 (rì qī) means "date". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 日期 means

1. date

The characters in 日期

• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Example sentences

• 请列出备选日期。
  Please list alternate dates.
• 我把日期弄错了。
  I got the date wrong.
• 我忘了会议的日期。
  Wǒ wàng le huìyì de rìqī.
  I forgot the date of the meeting.
• 生产日期在盖子上。
  Shēngchǎn rìqī zài gàizi shàng.
  The date of manufacture is shown on the lid.

Words containing 日期

• 出生日期chū shēng rì qīdate of birth
• 有效日期yǒu xiào rì qīexpiration date; expiry date
• 失效日期shī xiào rì qīexpiry date (of document)
• 国际日期变更线guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàninternational date line

Where 日期 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time Periods & Schedules (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read rì qī correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.