定期

Chinese

		to set; to fix; to determine to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to stabilize; to order	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. (定期)		定	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dìngqī, dìngqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧ, ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ding⁶ kei⁴

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thin-khì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tēng-kî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dian⁷ ki⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngci
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻi¹
    • Yale: dìng-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchi
    • Palladius: динци (dinci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dìngqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dìngcí
    • Wade–Giles: ting⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: dìng-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dinqchyi
    • Palladius: динци (dinci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ding⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: dihng kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ding⁶ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ding⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɪŋ²² kʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thin-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: tin ki^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tin⁴ ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰin⁵⁵ kʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēng-kî
    • Tâi-lô: tīng-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dexngkii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ²²⁻²¹ ki¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪŋ³³⁻²¹ ki²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dian⁷ ki⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiāⁿ khî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tĩã¹¹ kʰi⁵⁵/

Verb

定期

1. to fix a period

Noun

定期

1. fixed period
2. (Hong Kong, banking) Short for 定期存款 (“time deposit”).

Adjective

定期

1. (banking, or generally, attributive) fixed; periodical; regular

   定期維護／定期维护  ―  dìngqī wéihù  ―  regular maintenance

Antonyms

• 活期 (huóqī)

Derived terms

• 定期存款 (dìngqī cúnkuǎn)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (定期):

• → Japanese: 定期(ていき) (teiki)
• → Korean: 정기(定期) (jeonggi)
• → Vietnamese: định kì (定期)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
定	期
てい Grade: 3	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

定(てい)期(き) • (teiki) 

1. fixed period
2. Short for 定期乗車券.

Korean

Hanja in this term
定	期

Noun

定期 • (jeonggi) (hangeul 정기)

1. hanja form^? of 정기 (“fixed period”)