末期

mòqī

noun #21,183

Meanings

1 final stage
2 last phase
3 terminal stage
4 end period

Characters

end / tip / final

period / phase / scheduled time

Examples

他被诊断为癌症末期。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn wéi áizhèng mòqī.

He was diagnosed with terminal cancer.

清朝末期，中国社会动荡不安。

Qīng cháo mòqī, Zhōngguó shèhuì dòngdàng bù ān.

In the final period of the Qing dynasty, Chinese society was turbulent and unsettled.

Tips

usage

末期 is used both in medical contexts (末期癌症 = terminal cancer) and historical ones (明朝末期 = the late Ming dynasty). Compare 晚期, which is more general and slightly earlier in a sequence.

Stroke Order

末 mò

期 qī