預期

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See also: 预期, 豫期, and 予期

Chinese

		to advance; in advance; beforehand to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare	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
trad. (預期)		預	期
simp. (预期)		预	期
alternative forms		豫期

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yùqī, yùqí

(Zhuyin): ㄩˋ ㄑㄧ, ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyu⁶ kei⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): īr-kî / ū-kî / ī-kî

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùqī
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄑㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùci
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chʻi¹
  - Yale: yù-chī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhchi
  - Palladius: юйци (jujci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yùqí
  - Zhuyin: ㄩˋ ㄑㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yùcí
  - Wade–Giles: yü⁴-chʻi²
  - Yale: yù-chí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuhchyi
  - Palladius: юйци (jujci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /y⁵¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyu⁶ kei⁴
  - Yale: yuh kèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jy⁶ kei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: yu⁶ kéi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyː²² kʰei̯²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: īr-kî
  - Tâi-lô: īr-kî
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /ɯ⁴¹⁻²² ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ū-kî
  - Tâi-lô: ū-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uxkii
  - IPA (Taipei): /u³³⁻¹¹ ki²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /u²²⁻²¹ ki²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ī-kî
  - Tâi-lô: ī-kî
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ixkii
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /i²²⁻²¹ ki¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /i³³⁻²¹ ki²³/

Verb

預期

(usually attributive) to expect; to anticipate

Derived terms

預期壽命／预期寿命 (yùqī shòumìng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (預期):

→ Japanese: 予(よ)期(き) (yoki)
→ Korean: 예기(豫期) (yegi)

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