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末期 (mò qī) — final phase, last stage

Definition

noun
final phaselast stage

Examples

  • 末期，。
    Zhàn zhēng mò qī, shuāng fāng kāi shǐ tán pàn.
    At the final stage of the war, both sides began negotiations.
  • 末期。
    Tā zài gōng sī mò qī de biǎo xiàn fēi cháng chū sè.
    His performance in the final phase at the company was outstanding.
  • 末期。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù de mò qī xū yào gèng duō zī jīn.
    The final stage of this project needs more funding.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

末mòend
期qīperiod

末 marks the end and 期 a period, giving the final stage.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

末 adds a mark at the top of a tree-like shape to show its tip or end.

Open 末 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
日日rì
Sound part声符shēngfú
其
其qí期qī
Same sound today

The original form paired 其 for its sound with 日 (sun). A related form changed that sun to 月, and this later developed into 期.

Open 期 →
Appears in
Time (Abstract)

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