末期

Chinese

		end; final stage; latter part	a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope
simp. and trad. (末期)		末	期
anagram		期末

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mòqī, mòqí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ, ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mut⁶ kei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ma̍t-khì
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): boa̍t-kî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòqī
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòci
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-chʻi¹
    • Yale: mwò-chī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohchi
    • Palladius: моци (moci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mòqí
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˋ ㄑㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mòcí
    • Wade–Giles: mo⁴-chʻi²
    • Yale: mwò-chí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mohchyi
    • Palladius: моци (moci)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mut⁶ kei⁴
    • Yale: muht kèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mut⁹ kei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: mud⁶ kéi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /muːt̚² kʰei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ma̍t-khì
    • Hakka Romanization System: mad ki^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mad⁶ ki²
    • Sinological IPA: /mat̚⁵ kʰi¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: boa̍t-kî
    • Tâi-lô: bua̍t-kî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boadkii
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /buat̚²⁴⁻² ki²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /buat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ ki¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /buat̚⁴⁻³² ki²⁴/

Noun

末期

1. final period; terminal period; last stage; end stage

Antonyms

• 早期 (zǎoqī)
• 中期 (zhōngqī)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
末	期
まつ > まっ Grade: 4	き Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma̠k̚ʲkʲi]

Noun

末(まっ)期(き) • (makki) 

1. final period; terminal period; last stage.
2. (illness): terminal; approaching death.

   末(まっ)期(き)癌(がん) ― makki gan ― terminal cancer

Synonyms

• 晩(ばん)期(き) (banki)

Antonyms

• 初(しょ)期(き) (shoki, “initial period”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
末	期
まつ Grade: 4	ご Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

末(まつ)期(ご) • (matsugo) 

1. dying; hour of death; deathbed.

   末(まつ)期(ご)の水(みず) ― matsugo no mizu ― water at the deathbed

Synonyms

• 死(し)に際(ぎわ) (shinigiwa)
• 最(さい)期(ご) (saigo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
末	期

Noun

末期 • (malgi) (hangeul 말기)

1. hanja form^? of 말기 (“final period; terminal period; last stage; (illness): terminal; approaching death”)