企 (kei5 kei5*2 | qi3) : stand; look forward to

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企

kei5 kei5*2

qi3

[粵] kei5 | [國] qi3
[1] [v] stand on tiptoe
[2] [v] look forward to; anxiously expect

[粵] kei5 - Cantonese only
[v] stand | [variant] 徛

[粵] kei5*2 - Cantonese only
[n] home (often in compound form 屋企)

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Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

企

This word has been viewed 1 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 21st Jul 2013 10:50

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屋企 uk1 kei5*2 = house, home 粵

返屋企 faan1 uk1 kei5*2 fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home 粵

屋企人 uk1 kei5*2 jan4 = family; member of family 粵

企業 kei5 jip6 qi3 ye4 = business; enterprise

企圖 kei5 tou4 qi3 tu2 = to attempt; to try; to seek

企鵝 kei5 ngo4*2 qi3 e2 = the penguin

小型企業 siu2 jing4 kei5 jip6 xiao3 xing2 qi3 ye4 = small business

國企 gwok3 kei5 = state-owned enterprise

企位 kei5 wai6*2 = standing room only

企理 kei5 lei5 = neat, has orderliness; dignity, doesn't work carelessly 粵
See all 61 compounds (CantoDict reports 72 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 25 examples containing 企

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企㗎。粵
I returned home only today.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]

佢返咗屋企嘞粵
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]

我屋企有阿爸、阿媽、阿哥同我。粵
My home has father, mother, brother and me.

呢間屋企有地毡粵
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]

你唔可以企喺張枱上便粵
You can't stand on the table.
[Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".]

我哋可以去圖書館或者返屋企。粵
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.

我哋一係去圖書館一係返屋企。粵
We either go the the library or go home.

我以為你去咗華埠，其實你返咗屋企。粵
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

我哋屋企有好多靚嘢食粵
We have so much nice food in the house.

一個人喺屋企好悶。粵
Staying at home alone is so boring.

你而家返屋企囉呵? 粵
You are going home now, aren't you?

跌親就企返起身啦！粵
If you fall over, get back up again!
[Lit. fall bad-thing, stand back up body. As the translation suggests, this is actually a conditional sentence, even though it might not seem like it. More explicitly we could say 如果你跌親嘅話，你就企返起身啦！]

有條友企喺張枱上便粵
There's a guy standing on the table.
[Lit. Have [counter] friend stand at table on-top. 條友 is an set expression for "guy".]

囚犯們企圖逃跑, 但是失敗了。國
The prisoners attempted to escape but failed.

屋企重有幾多米呀？粵
How much rice is there left in the house? (at home)

我返到屋企起勢噉飲水。粵
I drank water unceasingly on returning home.

亞蓮隔籬周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾。粵
Ah Lin's neighbours often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,137957,137958#msg-137958]

媽媽將屋企打理到井井有條一啲都唔易粵
It is not an easy feat for Mommy to manage the house so neat and tidy.

噚晚我哋屋企嚟咗一個不速之客。粵
We had an uninvited guest over at my house last night.

嚟到真係著時，適值佢喺屋企粵
Came at the right time, just when he is home.

如果阿明真係一個識飛嘅超人就好喇⋯⋯噉佢就唔會喺條街度踩咗啲米田共返嚟屋企，重要印到成條走廊嘅地板都係！抹死人咩⋯⋯ 粵
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …

屋企咁黑猛猛，我好似盲咗噉睇唔到嘢粵
The house is so dark it's like I'm blind.

我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂上面粵
I'm standing on the roof of my friend's house.
[Equivalently: 我企喺朋友間屋嘅屋頂度]

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