过渡期 (guò dù qī) — transition period; intermediate stage | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A noun for the 'transition period' — the in-between stage when something is shifting from one state or system to another, used for political, economic, or organizational change.

noun

transition periodintermediate stage

Examples

过渡期。
Gōng sī zhèng zài jīng lì yí gè guān jiàn de guò dù qī.
The company is going through a critical transition period.
过渡期。
Zhè ge guó jiā zài zhàn zhēng hòu de guò dù qī lǐ fēi cháng kùn nan.
This country was very difficult during the post-war transition period.
过渡期，。
guò dù qī De zhèng cè xū yào zǐ xì zhì dìng, cái néng bǎo zhèng wěn dìng.
The policies for the transition period need to be carefully drafted to ensure stability.

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.

过渡crossing

过guòcross/pass渡dùferry/cross

联合Coordinate

期qīperiod

过渡 (crossing/ferrying) and 期 (period) together mean a transition period.

Characters in this word

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 過; 过 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

辵辵chuòwalk

Sound part声符shēngfú

咼

咼wāi過guò

Same sound today

The traditional form 過 pairs 辵 (walk) with 咼 as a sound component; the simplified 过 is a shorthand, and its parts are not the historical components.

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

氵度渡

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

度

度dù渡dù

Same sound today

渡 has 氵, water, beside 度, which gives the sound.

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

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.

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