期待

期待

Chinese

		a period of time; phase; stage a period of time; phase; stage; (used for issue of a periodical, courses of study); time; term; period; to hope	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay
simp. and trad. (期待)		期	待

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qīdài, qídài

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧ ㄉㄞˋ, ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kei⁴ doi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khì-thai
• Min Dong (BUC): gĭ-dâi
• Min Nan (POJ): kî-thǎi / kî-thāi / kî-tǎi / kî-tāi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: qīdài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiday
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Pinyin: qídài
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄞˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyiday
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi³⁵ taɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kei⁴ doi⁶
    • Yale: kèih doih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kei⁴ doi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: kéi⁴ doi⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰei̯²¹ tɔːy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khì-thai
    • Hakka Romanization System: kiˇ tai
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ki² tai⁴
    • IPA: /kʰi¹¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gĭ-dâi
    • IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵⁻⁵³ ^(t-)lɑi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-thǎi
    • Tâi-lô: kî-thǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² tʰaɪ²²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-thāi
    • Tâi-lô: kî-thāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'tai
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² tʰaɪ²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² tʰaɪ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ tʰaɪ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ tʰaɪ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tǎi
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tǎi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ki²⁴⁻²² taɪ²²/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kî-tāi
    • Tâi-lô: kî-tāi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ki'dai
    • IPA (Taipei): /ki²⁴⁻¹¹ taɪ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ki²⁴⁻²² taɪ²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ki²³⁻³³ taɪ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ki¹³⁻²² taɪ²²/

Verb

期待

1. to look forward to; to await

   期待您的回復！ / 期待您的回复！  ―  Qīdài nín de huífù!  ―  Look forward to your reply!

Synonyms

• 巴望 (bāwàng)
• 盼望 (pànwàng)

See also

• 巴不得 (bābudé)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
期	待
き Grade: 3	たい Grade: 3
on’yomi

Noun

期待 (hiragana きたい, rōmaji kitai)

1. expectation

Verb

期待する (hiragana きたいする, rōmaji kitai suru)

1. expect
2. hope for

Conjugation

Conjugation of "期待する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	期待し	きたいし	kitai shi
Continuative (連用形)	期待し	きたいし	kitai shi
Terminal (終止形)	期待する	きたいする	kitai suru
Attributive (連体形)	期待する	きたいする	kitai suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	期待すれ	きたいすれ	kitai sure
Imperative (命令形)	期待せよ¹ 期待しろ²	きたいせよ¹ きたいしろ²	kitai seyo¹ kitai shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	期待される	きたいされる	kitai sareru
Causative	期待させる 期待さす	きたいさせる きたいさす	kitai saseru kitai sasu
Potential	期待できる	きたいできる	kitai dekiru
Volitional	期待しよう	きたいしよう	kitai shiyō
Negative	期待しない	きたいしない	kitai shinai
Negative continuative	期待せず	きたいせず	kitai sezu
Formal	期待します	きたいします	kitai shimasu
Perfective	期待した	きたいした	kitai shita
Conjunctive	期待して	きたいして	kitai shite
Hypothetical conditional	期待すれば	きたいすれば	kitai sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
期	待

Noun

期待 • (gidae) (hangeul 기대)

1. Hanja form^? of 기대 (“hope, expectation”).