zhōu qī
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  • 1

    n.cycle; period; circle; the length of time a phenomenon or a certain characteristic of something takes to recur regularly in the course of movement or evolution

    • qǐng jiě shì yī xià zhōu qī xiàn xiàng

      解释周期现象

      Please tell me what is periodic phenomena?

    • gōng zhuàn zhōu qī shì duō shǎo

      公转周期多少

      What is period of revolution?

    • zì zhuàn zhōu qī shì duō shǎo

      自转周期多少

      What is period of rotation?

  • 2

    n.periodical duration; time during which an object completes a reciprocating motion, or a physical quantity completes a transformation process and starts a repeated one

    • shāng yè shèng shuāi de zhōu qī hěn duǎn

      商业盛衰周期

      Trade cycle is short.

    • měi gè yè wù dōu yào jīng lì yī gè zhōu qī

      业务经历周期

      Every business goes through cycles.

    • jīng jì zhōu qī de dī mí shǐ dé gōng chǎng chǎn néng guò shèng

      经济周期低迷使得工厂产能过剩

      The downturn in the business cycle left the plant with excess capacity.

  • 3

    n.classification of elements (as in the periodic table)

    • yuán sù zhōu qī biǎo

      元素周期

      periodic table of elements

Word usage

  • "周期" is often matched with measure word "个".
    • 周期

      one cycle

Chinese words with pinyin zhou qi