| 期 | 299C40 20S.42-4 | 部居  | 畫數 12 | ㄑㄧˊ [qi2] (dial. *ㄑㄧ [qi1] ; *ㄐㄧ [ji1] ). | ||
| N. | (1) A period of time: 時期已到 time is drawing near, also it is time; 期日 or 日期 date set; 定期 fixed period: 定期刊物 periodical; 週期 weekly; 學期 school semester; 假期 holidays; 期約 dated appointment; 期會 regular meeting (every Wednesday, etc.); 期滿 or 滿期 period expires; 到期 at the appointed time, time set or time of maturity; 延期 extend time limit; 過期 past expiration of date; 後會有期 we'll meet again. (2) (*[ji1]) A year: 期年，期服 [ji1nian2], [ji1fu2]↓. | |||||
| V.i. & t. | To hope, expect, wait: 期望，期待，期許 [qi2wang4], [qi2dai4], [qi2xU3]↓; 勝利可期 victory may be expected; 以期 in order that …may: 以期完成 in order that it may be completed; 期＋vb., hope to. | |||||
| Words | 1. 期期 [qi2qi2], adv., (AC) allu. to an example of stuttering: 期期以為不可 (LL) just won't do. 2. 期待 [qi2dai4], v.i. & t., to wait in hope. 3. 期服 *[ji1fu2], n., one-year mourning; 期又三月 in mourning one year and three months. 4. 期貨 [qi2huo4], n., goods promised to be delivered on fixed date. 5. 期間 [qi2jian1], n., period. 6. 期考 [qi2kao3], n., semester examinations. 7. 期刊 [qi2kan1], n., a periodical (weekly, etc.). 8. 期年 *[ji1nian2], adv., one year. 9. 期票 [qi2piao4], n., time draft, post-dated check. 10. 期限 [qi2xian4], n., a limit of time. 11. 期許 [qi2xU3], v.i., expect to, be expected to. 12. 期望 [qi2wang4], v.i. & t., to hope+vb. or n. 13. 期頤 [qi2yi2], adj., (LL of person) a hundred years old. 14. 期月 *[ji1yUe4], adv., (AC) one year, or month: 期月可也 a year or so will do; 不能期月守也 cannot maintain it for a month. | |||||