前期
qián​qīqián​qí HSK7

early stage

前期 qián​qī frequency
early stage noun
The earlier stage or beginning period of a particular time frame; early days; preceding period

所幸的是，糖尿病前期可以逆转。

suǒ​xìng de shì, táng​niào​bìng qián​qī kě​yǐ nì​zhuǎn.

Fortunately, pre-diabetes can be reversed.

pre-
appearing as a prefix or attribute referring to a preliminary or preparatory stage; preceding
前期 qián​qí
preordained time
(literary) a previously appointed date or preordained time; to schedule in advance

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.43 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
33.2 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

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Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)