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Chinese word
晚期
Pronunciation
Pinyinwǎn qī
Meaning
- nounlate stage
Example
她被诊断为晚期乳腺癌。tā bèi zhěn duàn wèi wǎn qī rǔ xiàn ái
She was diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer.
More examples
许多药物在晚期阶段效果有限。xǔ duō yào wù zài wǎn qī jiē duàn xiào guǒ yǒu xiàn
Many medicines have limited effects in the late stage.
Core concept
A point in a process when the ending is near.
Common phrases
晚期治疗wǎn qī zhì liáo
late-stage treatment
晚期护理wǎn qī hù lǐ
late-stage care
晚期阶段wǎn qī jiē duàn
late stage
Similar words
末期mò qī: A final stage in which continuing or recovering is almost impossible.
终末期zhōng mò qī: A stage at the very end of life, when death is extremely near.
后期hòu qī: A period that forms the second half of a process or era.
Definition in Chinese
指某一过程或事物的后期，接近结束或达到终点的阶段，常用于描述疾病的病程或历史、工程等的终末阶段。zhǐ mǒu yí guò chéng huò shì wù de hòu qī jiē jìn jié shù huò dá dào zhōng diǎn de jiē duàn cháng yòng yú miáo shù jí bìng de bìng chéng huò lì shǐ gōng chéng děng de zhōng mò jiē duàn
Word origin
晚 (wǎn, "late") + 期 (qī, "period or stage") form 晚期 (wǎnqī, "late stage"), naming a phase that comes late in a process.
Usage tips
- In everyday Chinese, this word often appears in health discussions, but it also describes the closing part of a project, period, or historical era.
Other meanings
- later periodnoun
- terminal stagenoun
Opposites
- 早期zǎo qīearly stagenoun