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下期 (xià jī) — next issue; subsequent period (e.g., week, month, quarter)

Definition

Compound of 下 ('next') + 期 ('issue/period'), used for a scheduled installment — a magazine or journal issue, a TV season, or a future course segment. Concrete term for the next installment on a recurring schedule.

noun
next issuesubsequent period (e.g., week, month, quarter)

Examples

  • 下期。
    Zhè běn zá zhì de xià jī jiāng yú xià zhōu chū bǎn.
    The next issue of this magazine will be published next week.
  • 下期。
    xià jī Wǒ men kāi shǐ xīn xiàng mù.
    Next period we will start a new project.
  • 下期。
    xià jī De kè chéng gèng nán le.
    The next installment of the course is harder.

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.

下xiànext
期qīperiod

“下” (next) and “期” (period) combine to mean the next issue or period.

Characters in this word

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

下 is drawn as a short horizontal line below a long curved line.

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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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