Early stage in Chinese
early stage · HSK 5
初期
- 初 at first
- 期 period
项目初期我们遇到了很多困难。 We ran into many difficulties in the early stage of the project.
Other ways to say early stage
More words with 初 or 期
How do you say early stage in Chinese?
Early stage in Chinese is 初期 (chū qī). You can also say 早期 (zǎo qī), 前期 (qián qī).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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