# 早期 (zǎoqī)

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

- Meaning: early stage; early period
- Pinyin: zǎoqī (zao3 qi1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 这是他早期的一幅画。
  Zhè shì tā zǎoqī de yī fú huà.
  This is one of his early paintings.

## Characters

- [早](https://hanziro.com/word/zao-early/) (zǎo): early; morning
- [期](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-period/) (qī): period; phase

https://hanziro.com/word/zao-qi-early-stage/

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