緩期

Chinese

		slow; sluggish; gradual slow; sluggish; gradual; to postpone	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
trad. (緩期)		緩	期
simp. (缓期)		缓	期

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǎnqī, huǎnqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧ, ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ kei⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oǎn-kî / oān-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎnci
    • Wade–Giles: huan³-chʻi¹
    • Yale: hwǎn-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanchi
    • Palladius: хуаньци (xuanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǎnqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˇ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huǎncí
    • Wade–Giles: huan³-chʻi²
    • Yale: hwǎn-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoanchyi
    • Palladius: хуаньци (xuanʹci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: wuhn kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² kʰei̯²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oǎn-kî
    • Tâi-lô: uǎn-kî
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /uan²² ki²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oān-kî
    • Tâi-lô: uān-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: oaxnkii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan²²⁻²¹ ki¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /uan²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan³³⁻²¹ ki²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /uan³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/

Verb

緩期

1. to postpone a deadline; to suspend

Related terms

• 改期 (gǎiqī)