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预期

yù qī

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 預期

预期 (yù qī) means "to expect". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 预期 means

1. to expect
2. to anticipate

The characters in 预期

• 预yùto advance; in advance; beforehand
• 期qīa period of time; phase; stage

Example sentences

• 预期今年稻米会丰收。
  Yùqī jīnnián dàomǐ huì fēngshōu.
  This year promises a good harvest of rice.
• 他提供的比预期的多。
  He offered more than could be expected.
• 结果与我们预期的相反。
  The result is opposite to what we expected.
• 这真的跟我所预期的不同。
  Zhè zhēn de gēn wǒ suǒ yùqī de bù tóng.
  It's really different from what I expected.
• 我花了比预期更多的时间。
  Wǒ huā le bǐ yùqī gèng duō de shíjiān.
  It's taking a little longer than I expected.
• 他们的进度较预期慢30分钟。
  They're 30 minutes behind schedule.

Words starting with 预期

• 预期推理yù qī tuī lǐpredictive inference
• 预期用途yù qī yòng túintended use

Where 预期 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · yù (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yù qī correctly.
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