HSK 6 · Emotions

期望 qīwàng “to expect” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 期望 means

  1. to expect
  2. to hope
  3. expectation
  4. to have expectations
  5. to earnestly hope

How to say 期望

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale望wàng4th tone, falling

期望 in a sentence

  1. 她没有辜负我们的期望。

    Tā méiyǒu gūfù wǒmen de qīwàng.

    She didn’t let us down; she lived up to our expectations.

    Sentence #332813 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他父母对他期望过高。

    Tā fùmǔ duì tā qīwàng guò gāo.

    His parents expect too much of him.

    Sentence #332815 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我没有期望得到这样的结果。

    Wǒ méiyǒu qīwàng dédào zhèyàng de jiéguǒ.

    I didn’t expect a result like this.

    Sentence #2007050 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 期望 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 期 (qī) with each of its parts in a different colour
期qīperiod
  • 其his · qíSound part
  • 月moon · yuèMeaning part

月 hints at the meaning (moon); 其 (qí) hints at the sound. Compare it with qī.

The character 望 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
望wàngfull moon
  • 亡death · wáng
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidA person standing gazing at the moon 月 far away: to gaze, to hope.

How to write 期望

期 12 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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期望 (qīwàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 期望 (qīwàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 期望

Words with 期

星期xīngqī · week星期日Xīngqīrì · Sunday星期天Xīngqītiān · Sunday假期jiàqī · holiday学期xuéqī · term期间qījiān · period of time日期rìqī · date时期shíqī · period过期guòqī · to be overdue期待qīdài · to look forward to

Words with 望

希望xīwàng · to hope失望shīwàng · disappointed盼望pànwàng · to hope for看望kànwàng · to visit愿望yuànwàng · desire探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)绝望juéwàng · to despair渴望kěwàng · to long for欲望yùwàng · desire指望zhǐwàng · to count on

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FAQs

期望 (qīwàng) means “to expect” or “to hope”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīwàng: qī with a 1st tone, then wàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 期望 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qiwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 期望 from the suggestions. Typing qiwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
期望 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.