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- a period of time
- phase
- stage
- classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
- time
- term
- period
- to hope
- Taiwan pr. [qi2]
Trad. 過期
- to be overdue
- to exceed the time limit
- to expire (as in expiration date)
Trad. 檔期
- slot within a schedule
- timeslot (for a TV program, a session with a photographer etc)
- range of dates in which an event is to be held (film screening, exhibition etc)
- forward delivery apartment
- unfinished housing to be paid for in advance by the buyer and then completed within certain time frame
Trad. 遠期
- long-term
- at a fixed date in the future (e.g. for repayment)
- abbr. for 遠期合約|远期合约[yuan3 qi1 he2 yue1]
Trad. 期貨
- abbr. for 期貨合約|期货合约[qi1 huo4 he2 yue1], futures contract (finance)
- at set dates
- at regular intervals
- periodic
- limited to a fixed period of time
- fixed term
Trad. 無期
- unspecified period
- in the indefinite future
- no fixed time
- indefinite sentence (i.e. life imprisonment)
Trad. 會期
- the duration of a conference
- the period over which a conference (or expo etc) is held
- session
- the date of a meeting
Trad. 務期
- it is essential to (complete a project on time, be thorough etc)
- the time before a certain date; in advance; beforehand; premature
- initial period
- the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)
- concurrent
- synchronous
- (formal) to delay
- to miss a deadline
- to fail to do sth at the appointed time
- to fall due (loan etc)
- to expire (visa etc)
- to mature (investment bond etc)
Trad. 發情期
- the breeding season (zool.)
- oestrus (period of sexual receptivity of female mammals)
Trad. 交貨期
- delivery time (time between ordering goods and receiving the delivery)
- date of delivery
Trad. 豐水期
- period of plentiful water supply, with increased river flow due to snowmelt or higher rainfall
Trad. 預產期
- expected date of childbirth
- estimated due date (EDD)
- age when girls start to develop feelings for the opposite sex
- puberty
Trad. 週期表
- periodic table (chemistry)
- abbr. of 元素週期表|元素周期表[yuan2 su4 zhou1 qi1 biao3], periodic table of the elements
Trad. 開河期
- thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
- safe period
- safe days of a woman's menstrual cycle (low risk of conception)
Trad. 冷靜期
- cooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)
Trad. 無期別
- to part for an unspecified period
- to take leave from indefinitely
- window period (time between infection and the appearance of detectable antibodies)
- period during which sth is lacking (boyfriend or girlfriend, work, revenue, production of a commodity etc)
- lull
- hiatus
Trad. 產褥期
- postnatal period
- puerperium (period of six weeks after childbirth)
Trad. 黃體期
- luteal phase (period in the menstrual cycle when an embryo can implant in the womb)
Trad. 大齋期
- Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
- to have a promising future
- to have bright prospects