HSK 6 · Time

期限 qīxiàn “time limit” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 期限 means

  1. time limit
  2. deadline
  3. allotted time

How to say 期限

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale限xiàn4th tone, falling

期限 in a sentence

  1. 提交申请的最后期限是星期五。

    Tíjiāo shēnqǐng de zuìhòu qīxiàn shì xīngqīwǔ.

    The deadline for applications is Friday.

    Sentence #4408191 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 她错过了最后期限。

    Tā cuòguò le zuìhòu qīxiàn.

    She missed the deadline.

    Sentence #5595160 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 他们能不能在最后期限之前完成这项工作？

    Tāmen néng bu néng zài zuìhòu qīxiàn zhīqián wánchéng zhè xiàng gōngzuò?

    Can they finish this before the deadline?

    Sentence #3565103 from Tatoeba

How 期限 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

The character 限 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
限xiànto limit
  • 阝placeMeaning part
  • 艮stopping · gěnSound part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 艮 (gěn) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiàn.

How to write 期限

期 12 strokes · 限 8 strokes

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期限 (qīxiàn) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 期限 (qīxiàn). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 期限

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday学期xuéqī · term期间qījiān · period of time日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period过期guòqī · to be overdue期待qīdài · to look forward to

Words with 限

限制xiànzhì · to restrict界限jièxiàn · boundary极限jíxiàn · limit局限júxiàn · to limit

More words: Time & Sequence

片刻piànkè · a moment起初qǐchū · at first迄今为止qìjīnwéizhǐ · so far清晨qīngchén · early morning时而shí'ér · sometimes时常shícháng · often世代shìdài · for generations时光shíguāng · time

FAQs

期限 (qīxiàn) means “time limit” or “deadline”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīxiàn: qī with a 1st tone, then xiàn with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 期限 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qixian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 期限 from the suggestions. Typing qixian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
期限 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.