# 预期 (yùqī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 预期 (yùqī) means “to expect; to anticipate”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to expect; to anticipate
- Pinyin: yùqī (yu4 qi1)
- Traditional: 預期
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 结果比我们预期的更好。
  Jiéguǒ bǐ wǒmen yùqī de gèng hǎo.
  The results were better than we expected.

## Characters

- 预 (yù): to advance; in advance
- [期](https://hanziro.com/word/qi-period/) (qī): period; phase

https://hanziro.com/word/yu-qi-expect/

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