早期 (zǎo qī) means “early period; early phase; early stage”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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这是他早期的作品。
Zhè shì tā zǎoqī de zuòpǐn.
This is one of his early works.
Updated: 2026-07-18