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期盼

qī pàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

期盼 (qī pàn) means "to expect; to await". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 期盼 means

1. to expect; to await

The characters in 期盼

• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage
• 盼pànto hope for; to long for; to expect

Example sentences

• 别期盼奇迹。
  Bié qīpàn qíjì.
  Don't expect miracles.
• 我期盼着下周见到你。
  Wǒ qīpàn zhe xiàzhōu jiàndào nǐ.
  I'm looking forward to seeing you next week.
• 今祯子当时能做的就是折纸鹤并期盼奇迹。
  Jīn zhēn zǐ dāngshí néng zuò de jiùshì zhézhǐ hè bìng qīpàn qíjì.
  All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.
• 南非近 70 万名高中生一直热切期盼着本周公布他们的毕业考试成绩，大学会根据这些成绩来决定学生可以进入哪个专业学习。
  South Africa’s nearly 700,000 high-schoolers had been eagerly awaiting this week’s announcement of their matriculation exam grades—scores used by universities to determine which program of study a student is admitted to.

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