预期 yùqī▶ esperar; anticipar

Stroke order

预期 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 预 — 10 strokes
• 期 — 12 strokes

Senses

1. to expect
2. to anticipate

Related words

• 为期para una fecha determinada
• 周期ciclo menstrual
• 定期regular
• 干预intervenir
• 延期Retraso; Retrasar
• 期望Esperar, prever

预期 is pronounced yùqī and means “esperar; anticipar”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 预期 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.