任期

rènqī
  1. term of office
  2. tenure (entire period in office)

classifier: 屆

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
  10. classifier for terms served in office, or for spouses, girlfriends etc (as in 前任男友)
=2 期 qī
  1. variant of 期 qī
  2. period
  3. cycle
=2 期 qī
  1. a period of time
  2. phase
  3. stage
  4. classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study
  5. time
  6. term
  7. period
  8. to hope
  9. Taiwan pr. qí