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): ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄢˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ haan⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-han
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kî-hǎn / kî-hān / kî-ān
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶ji-ghe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qīxiàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄒㄧㄢˋ
  - 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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-han
  - Hakka Romanization System: ki^ˇ 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
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶ji-ghe
  - MiniDict: ji^去 ghe
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³jji-hhe
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /d͡ʑi²² ɦe⁴⁴/

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/	/ɦˠɛn^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɡɨ/	/ɦᵚæn^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɡie/	/ɣæn^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/gɨ/	/ɦəɨn^X/
Li Rong	/ɡiə/	/ɣɛn^X/
Wang Li	/ɡĭə/	/ɣæn^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/gi/	/ɣăn^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qí	xiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	kei⁴	haan⁶

Noun

期限

deadline; due date; term; time limit; allotted time
交貨期限／交货期限 ― jiāohuò qīxiàn ― delivery deadline

Synonyms

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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)

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.”)
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)

hanja form^? of 기한 (“time limit, deadline”)