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12		ㄑㄧˊ [qi2]  (dial. *ㄑㄧ [qi1] ; *ㄐㄧ [ji1] ).Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
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]↓.
VTo 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.
Words1.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.