短期

Character by character

• 短duǎn12 strokesHSK 2short; brief; deficient, lacking
• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 短期. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 短duǎnHSK 2

  short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault

• 期待qī dàiHSK 4

  to look forward to; to await; expectation

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate

• 假期jià qīHSK 2

  vacation

• 早期zǎo qīHSK 5

  early period; early phase; early stage

• 短暂duǎn zànHSK 7

  of short duration; brief; momentary

• 期限qī xiànHSK 4

  time limit; deadline; allotted time

• 学期xué qīHSK 2

  term; semester

• 近期jìn qīHSK 3

  near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent

• 定期dìng qīHSK 3

  at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term

• 星期天xīng qī tiānHSK 1

  Sunday

• 周期zhōu qīHSK 5

  period; cycle

• 期盼qī pànHSK 7

  to expect; to await

• 到期dào qīHSK 6

  to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc); to mature (investment bond etc)

• 初期chū qīHSK 5

  initial stage; beginning period

• 短裤duǎn kùHSK 3

  short pants; shorts

• 缩短suō duǎnHSK 4

  to curtail; to cut down