窗口期

chuāngkǒuqī
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 window period (epidemiology)
  2. 2 window of opportunity
  3. 3 (in diagnostics) the interval after infection during which the virus is present but undetectable

Examples

Àizībìng jiǎncè cúnzài chuāngkǒuqī de wèntí.
HIV testing has the problem of a window period.
Zhèngcè chūtái de chuāngkǒuqī hěn duǎn.
The window of opportunity for releasing the policy is very short.

Tips

usage
Originally an epidemiology term — the delay between infection and when a test can detect antibodies — it has bled into general business and policy writing to mean 'brief window of opportunity'. Context tells you which sense applies.

Stroke Order

chuāng
kǒu