HSK 6 · Verbs

预期 yùqī “to expect” in Chinese

Traditional 預期

What 预期 means

  1. to expect
  2. expected
  3. anticipated
  4. to anticipate

How to say 预期

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale预yù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale期qī1st tone, high and level

预期 in a sentence

  1. 结果与我们预期的相反。

    Jiéguǒ yǔ wǒmen yùqī de xiāngfǎn.

    The result is opposite to what we expected.

    Sentence #2915091 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我花了比预期更多的时间。

    Wǒ huā le bǐ yùqī gèng duō de shíjiān.

    It took me longer than I’d expected.

    Sentence #6583890 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 预期今年稻米会丰收。

    Yùqī jīnnián dàomǐ huì fēngshōu.

    A good rice harvest is expected this year.

    Sentence #344715 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 预期 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 预 (yù) with each of its parts in a different colour
预yùto advance
  • 予to give · yúSound part
  • 页page · xiéMeaning part

页 hints at the meaning (page); 予 (yú) hints at the sound. Compare it with yù.

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.

How to write 预期

预 10 strokes · 期 12 strokes

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

Words related to 预期

Words with 预

预习yùxí · to prepare a lesson预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent预报yùbào · forecast预先yùxiān · in advance预料yùliào · to expect预言yùyán · to predict干预gānyù · to intervene预算yùsuàn · budget预兆yùzhào · omen

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

More words: Thinking & Talking

意味着yìwèizhe · to mean拥护yōnghù · to support预料yùliào · to expect酝酿yùnniàng · to brew预言yùyán · to predict赞叹zàntàn · to marvel at责怪zéguài · to blame证实zhèngshí · to confirm

FAQs

预期 (yùqī) means “to expect” or “expected”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yùqī: yù with a 4th tone, then qī with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 预期 is written 預期. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuqi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 预期 from the suggestions. Typing yuqi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
预期 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.