同tung4期kei4

English

1. the corresponding time period (in a different year etc)
2. same term, season, or year; same lot
3. concurrent
4. corresponding period
5. synchronous

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 同一段時間；同一批人
2. 過往相對嘅時期，例如今年夏季對上年夏季

Examples

• 我哋兩個係同期畢業㗎！

  We graduated in the same year! ----

• 第一季純利比舊年同期下降近百分之三十。

  First-quarter earnings were off almost 30% from the previous year.

• 一月的出口量比去年同期上升了兩成。

  Exports in January were up 20% over the same period of last year.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 若同期的人先一步完成銷售目標，我也不能再吊兒郎當了。

  When one of my coworkers starts racking up good sales figures I can't let down my guard.

  Tatoeba · moonoops CC BY

• 同期中国城镇网民人数达一亿两千五百万人，占城镇总人口的百分之二十一点六。

  In the same period, the number of urban netizens in China reached one hundred and twenty five million, making up 21.6% of the total urban population.

  Tatoeba · eastasiastudent CC BY