工期 (gōng qī) — construction period, project schedule; project…

Definition

noun

construction periodproject scheduleproject deadlinetime limit for completion

工期。
Zhè ge xiàng mù de gōng qī shì sān gè yuè.
The construction period for this project is three months.
工期。
Shī gōng duì bì xū àn shí wán chéng gōng qī.
The construction team must finish on schedule.
，工期。
Yóu yú tiān qì yuán yīn, gōng qī yán cháng le liǎng zhōu.
Due to weather conditions, the project deadline was extended by two weeks.

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.

工 contributes “work” or “construction,” and 期 contributes “period,” meaning the scheduled time for a project.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 工 is a picture of a bladed tool used to plow ground or mark a border; some read it as a carpenter's square.

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

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.