预 期

yùqī

verbHSK 5

“To expect” in Chinese is 预期 (yùqī).

Meaning

to expect
to anticipate

Example

他提供的比预期的多。

He offered more than could be expected.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yùHSK 310 strokesto advance qīHSK 112 strokesperiod

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Not to be confused with: 逾期 (yúqī, to be overdue) · 语气 (yǔqì, tone) · 与其 (yǔqí, rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}"))