Chinese

近期

/t͡ɕin⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
the near future; the short term
  • HSK 3

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  • characterChinese近 “near; close”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese斤 “catty or jin, a traditional unit of weight, equal to 0.5 kilograms”
  • characterChinese期 “to arrange a time; to engage; to arrange to meet”
    • soundChinese其 “his; her; its; their”
    • meaningChinese日 “Sun”

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