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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 周期

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
周期 zhōu qī - period
- cycle

List Ranking for: 周期

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 6 12,172 3,976 9,203

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
周 zhōu- surname Zhou
- Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BC)
周 zhōu- to make a circuit
- to circle
- circle
- circumference
- lap
- cycle
- complete
- all
- all over
- thorough
- to help financially
周 zhōu- week
- weekly
- variant of 周[zhou1]
期 qī- a period of time
- phase
- stage
- classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
- time
- term
- period
- to hope
- Taiwan pr. [qi2]
期 qī- variant of 期[qi1]
- period
- cycle

Other Words Containing 周期

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
周期 6 6 12,172 3,976 9,203
周期表 - - 29,186 - -
周期性 - - 31,974 16,988 29,571