末期

mòqī
noun #21,183

Meanings

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

Examples

HSK 7-9
Tā bèi zhěnduàn wéi áizhèng mòqī.
He was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
HSK 7-9
Qīngcháo 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.

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