初期

Chinese

		initial; first; beginning initial; first; beginning; junior; basic	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
simp. and trad. (初期)		初	期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chūqī, chūqí

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄑㄧ, ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): co¹ kei⁴
Min Nan (POJ): chho͘-kî / chhe-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄑㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: chūqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄑㄧˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chuchyi
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: co¹ kei⁴
  - Yale: chō kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tso¹ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: co¹ kéi⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵ kʰei̯²¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chho͘-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tshoo-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zho'kii
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɔ³³ ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhe-kî
  - Tâi-lô: tshe-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhe'kii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰe⁴⁴⁻²² ki¹³/

Noun

初期

early days; infancy; initial stages; prime

Japanese

Kanji in this term
初	期
しょ Grade: 4	き Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- IPA^(key): [ɕo̞kʲi]

Noun

初期 (hiragana しょき, rōmaji shoki)

initial period; early stage
early days; infancy

Synonyms

早 (そう)期 (き) (sōki)

Antonyms

末 (まっ)期 (き) (makki, “final period”)

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