期限

Chinese

		a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope	limit; bound
simp. and trad. (期限)		期	限
anagram		限期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīxiàn, qíxiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ haan⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-han
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-hǎn / kî-hān / kî-ān
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶ji-ghe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qīxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cisiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi¹-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chī-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chishiann
    • Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qíxiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: císiàn
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi²-hsien⁴
    • Yale: chí-syàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyishiann
    • Palladius: цисянь (cisjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ haan⁶
    • Yale: kèih haahn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ haan⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ han⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ haːn²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-han
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ han
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² han⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰi¹¹ han⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hǎn
    • Tâi-lô: kî-hǎn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² han²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-hān
    • Tâi-lô: kî-hān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'han
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ han³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ han³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² han²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-ān
    • Tâi-lô: kî-ān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'an
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² an²²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ji-ghe
    • MiniDict: ji^去 ghe
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-hhe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² ɦe⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: gi heanX

Rime
Character	期	限
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	群 (30)	匣 (33)
Final (韻)	之 (19)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	渠之切	胡簡切
Baxter	gi	heanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɡɨ/	/ɦˠɛnX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/ɦᵚænX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/ɣænX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/ɦəɨnX/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/ɣɛnX/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/ɣænX/
Bernard Karlgren	/gi/	/ɣănX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei4	haan6

Noun

期限

1. deadline; due date; term; time limit; allotted time

   交貨期限／交货期限  ―  jiāohuò qīxiàn  ―  delivery deadline

Synonyms

• 大限 (dàxiàn)
• 截止日期 (jiézhǐ rìqī)
• 時限／时限 (shíxiàn)
• 程度 (chéngdù) (archaic)
• 限期 (xiànqī)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (期限):

• → Japanese: 期(き)限(げん) (kigen)
• → Korean: 기한(期限) (gihan)

Others:

• → Zhuang: geizhanh

Japanese

Kanji in this term
期	限
き Grade: 3	げん Grade: 5
on’yomi

Noun

期(き)限(げん) • (kigen) 

1. time limit, deadline, cutoff

   パスワードが期限(きげん)切(ぎ)れです。

   Pasuwādo ga kigen-gire desu.

   Your password has expired.

   (literally, “Your password is past the time limit.”)

2. time frame

Derived terms

• 賞味期限(しょうみきげん) (shōmi kigen)

Korean

Hanja in this term
期	限

Noun

期限 • (gihan) (hangeul 기한)

1. Hanja form^? of 기한 (“time limit, deadline”).