# 初期 (chūqī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 初期 (chūqī) means “initial stage; early period”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: initial stage; early period
- Pinyin: chūqī (chu1 qi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这个项目初期非常困难。
  Zhège xiàngmù chūqī fēicháng kùnnan.
  The early stage of the project was hard.

## Characters

- [初](https://hanziro.com/word/chu-beginning/) (chū): beginning; early part
- [期](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-period/) (qī): period; phase

https://hanziro.com/word/chu-qi-initial-stage/

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