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sơ kì

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early stage
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early stage

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Meaning
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Sense 1 Noun
early stage Numbers, Quantities, Units & TimeTheme Time & calendarTag

The earliest part of a process or a time period when something is just starting.

vi Các nhà khảo cổ đã tìm thấy nhiều công cụ bằng đá từ sơ kì thời đại đồ đá cũ.

en Archaeologists have found many stone tools from the early Paleolithic period.

Parts
sơ / kì / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 初期 …
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OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 初期

Chinese characters Source-aligned
Representative candidate
初期
Candidates by syllable
sơ 初(梳) kì 其(期 / 示 / 麒)
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
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sơ mi / hồ sơ / áo sơ mi / sơ cấp …
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