期待

Character by character

• 期qī12 strokesHSK 1period of time; date; time limit
• 待dài9 strokesHSK 3treat, entertain, receive; wait

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Example sentences

• 他到我期待。

  Tā dào wǒ qī dài

  I've been anticipating his arrival.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 期待. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 待dàiHSK 5

  to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to

• 期qīHSK 3

  a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí]

• 等待děng dàiHSK 3

  to wait; to wait for

• 期间qī jiānHSK 4

  period of time; time; time period; period

• 星期xīng qīHSK 1

  week; day of the week; Sunday

• 时期shí qīHSK 6

  period; phase

• 对待duì dàiHSK 3

  to treat; treatment

• 长期cháng qīHSK 3

  long term; long time; long range (of a forecast)

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 日期rì qīHSK 1

  date

• 预期yù qīHSK 5

  to expect; to anticipate

• 假期jià qīHSK 2

  vacation

• 待遇dài yùHSK 4

  treatment; pay; salary; status; rank

• 早期zǎo qīHSK 5

  early period; early phase; early stage

• 接待jiē dàiHSK 3

  to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter)

• 看待kàn dàiHSK 5

  to look upon; to regard

• 期限qī xiànHSK 4

  time limit; deadline; allotted time

• 短期duǎn qīHSK 3

  short term; short-term

• 学期xué qīHSK 2

  term; semester

• 近期jìn qīHSK 3

  near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent

• 虐待nüè dàiHSK 7

  to mistreat; to maltreat; to abuse; mistreatment; maltreatment

• 定期dìng qīHSK 3

  at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term

• 星期天xīng qī tiānHSK 1

  Sunday

• 周期zhōu qīHSK 5

  period; cycle