期限

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Chinese

a period of time; phase; stage
a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
 
 limit; bound
simp. and trad.
(期限) 		期 限
anagram 限期

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 期 限
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 群 (30) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 之 (19) 山 (73)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III II
Fanqie 渠之切 胡簡切
Baxter gi heanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɡɨ/ /ɦˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɡɨ/ /ɦᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɡie/ /ɣænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/gɨ/ /ɦəɨnX/
Li
Rong 		/ɡiə/ /ɣɛnX/
Wang
Li 		/ɡĭə/ /ɣænX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/gi/ /ɣănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		qí xiàn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		kei4 haan6

Noun

期限

  1. deadline; due date; term; time limit; allotted time
    交貨期限／交货期限  ―  jiāohuò qīxiàn  ―  delivery deadline

Synonyms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (期限):
  • → Japanese: 期(き)限(げん) (kigen)
  • → Korean: 기한(期限) (gihan)

Others:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
期 限
き
Grade: 3 		げん
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Noun

期(き)限(げん) • (kigen) 

  1. time limit, deadline, cutoff
    パスワードが期限(きげん)切(ぎ)れです。
    Pasuwādo ga kigen-gire desu.
    Your password has expired.
    (literally, “Your password is past the time limit.”)
  2. time frame

Derived terms

Korean

Hanja in this term
期限

Noun

期限 • (gihan) (hangeul 기한)

  1. hanja form? of 기한 (“time limit, deadline”)
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