Meaning of 期中
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
- interim
- midterm
How to use 期中
期中 is mostly used at school to talk about the middle of a semester, often before nouns like 考试 (kǎoshì) exam or 成绩 (chéngjì) grades. Example: 下周有期中考试。(Xià zhōu yǒu qīzhōng kǎoshì.) There is a midterm exam next week.
期 (qī) means a period of time, like in 日期 (rìqī) date, and 中 (zhōng) means middle, like in 中间 (zhōngjiān). Put them together and you get the middle of a term: midterm.
Common mistake: Learners sometimes say 中期 (zhōngqī) when they mean a school midterm. 中期 means the middle stage of something in general, like a project or a historical period, while 期中 is the usual word for the school midterm. Also keep 期 in first tone (qī), not qí.
期中 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
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期 qī · a period of time · 12 strokes
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中 zhōng · within · 4 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 期中.
| 星期 | xīngqī | week; day of the week |
| 中国 | Zhōngguó | China |
| 中间 | zhōngjiān | the middle; the inside; in the middle; within; between; among |
| 日期 | rìqī | date |
| 中午 | zhōngwǔ | noon; midday |
| 星期天 | xīngqītiān | Sunday |
| 中学 | zhōngxué | middle school |
| 中文 | Zhōngwén | Chinese language |
| 星期日 | xīngqīrì | Sunday |
| 中学生 | zhōngxuéshēng | middle-school student; high school student |
| 其中 | qízhōng | among; in |
| 中心 | zhōngxīn | center; heart; core |
Questions about 期中
What does 期中 mean?
期中 (qīzhōng) means "interim; midterm" and is used as a noun.
How do you write 期中?
期中 is made of 2 characters: 期 (12 strokes), 中 (4 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.
Is 期中 an HSK word?
Yes. 期中 is on the HSK 4 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
What is the word for final exam if midterm is 期中?
The final exam is 期末考试 (qīmò kǎoshì). 末 (mò) means end, so 期末 is the end of the term, just as 期中 is the middle.
Can 期中 be used by itself without 考试?
Yes. In casual student talk, 期中 alone often means the midterm exam, as in 期中考得怎么样？(Qīzhōng kǎo de zěnmeyàng?) How did the midterm go?