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  kei5 kei5*2   jyutping
  qi3   pinyin
[] kei5 | [] qi3
[1] [v] stand on tiptoe
[2] [v] look forward to; anxiously expect

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

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

Default PoS: verb Additional PoS: noun
Stroke count: 6
Level: 2
Radical: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 20882 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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detail  uk1 kei5*2   = house, home
detail  faan1 uk1 kei5*2  fan3 wu1 qi3 = return home; go home
detail  uk1 kei5*2 jan4   = family; member of family
detail  kei5 jip6  qi3 ye4 = business; enterprise
detail  kei5 tou4  qi3 tu2 = to attempt; to try; to seek
detail  kei5 ngo4*2  qi3 e2 = the penguin
detail  siu2 jing4 kei5 jip6  xiao3 xing2 qi3 ye4 = small business
detail  gwok3 kei5   = state-owned enterprise
detail  kei5 wai6*2   = standing room only
detail  kei5 lei5   = neat, has orderliness; dignity, doesn't work carelessly
detail  kei5 ngaang6   = hold my own
detail  kei5 san1   = standing; upright
detail  kei5 leng5   = turtle necked, Mandarin-type collar
detail  dung6 kei5   = upright; stands erect
detail  haang4 haang4 kei5 kei5   = unimportant
detail  kei5 gou1   = to stand up; to stand to one's full height
detail  kei5 hei2 san1   = to stand up on one's own feet
detail  kei5 jip6 noi6 mong5 lou6  qi3 ye4 nei4 wang3 lu4 = intranet; company-internal network
detail  kei5 jip6 gun2 lei5  qi3 ye4 guan3 li3 = business management (as a study)
detail  kei5 jip6 zaap6 tyun4  qi3 ye4 ji2 tuan2 = industry association
detail  gwok3 jau5 kei5 jip6  guo2 you3 qi3/4 ye4 = nationalized business; state-owned business, state-owned enterprise (SOE)
detail  gwok3 jing4 kei5 jip6  guo2 ying2 qi3 ye4 = nationalized industry
detail  daai6 jing4 kei5 jip6  da4 xing2 qi3 ye4 = large scale industry; major industry
detail  dai3 wong4 kei5 ngo4*2  di4 wang2 qi3 e2 = emperor penguin
detail  din6 nou5 kei5 jip6  dian4 nao3 qi3 ye4 = computer company; computer firm
detail  sang1 caan2 kei5 jip6  sheng1 chan3 qi3 ye4 = manufacturer
detail  kei5 jip6 gaa1  qi3 ye4 jia1 = [n] entrepreneur; industrialist
detail  ngoi6 soeng1 tau4 zi1 kei5 jip6  wai4 shang1 tou2 zi1 qi3/4 ye4 = foreign investment enterprise (FIE)
detail  kei5 jip6 gun2 lei5 sek6 si6  qi3 ye4 guan3 li3 shuo4 shi4 = Master of Business Administration (MBA)
detail  kei5 ngaang6 dik1 taai3 dou6   = intransigent attitude
detail  kei5 jip6 jing4 zoeng6   = corporate image
detail  kei5 tong4*2   = a waiter
detail  kei5 maai4 jat1 cai4   = standing together
detail  kei5 jip6 sik1 bit6  qi3 ye4 shi2 bie2 = corporate identity
detail  kei5 jip6 lyun4 hap6 zou2 zik1  qi3 ye4 lian2 he2 zu3 zhi1 = syndication; a cartel organization
detail  kei5 hai2 ngo5 ge3 laap6 coeng4   = from my position; from my standpoint
detail  kei5 jan4*2 bin1  qi3 ren2 bian1 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻)
detail  daan1 kei5 jan4*2  dan1 qi3 ren2 = Kangxi radical 9 (standing man) (亻)
detail  fat6 kei5   = to be made to stand as punishment
detail  gwaa3 zyu6 uk1 kei5*2   = miss home
detail  uk1 kei5*2 sung3   = home-made dishes
detail  kei5 gong1  qi3 gang1 = shower bath
detail  kei5 lap6   = to stand
detail  zung1 siu2 kei5  zhong1 xiao3 qi3 = small and medium enterprises
detail  kei5 waak6  qi3 [PRC] qi4 [TW] hua4 = to plan; to lay out; to design
detail  kei5 toi4*2   = a waiter/waitress; to wait on tables
detail  zou6 kei5 toi4*2   = to work as a waiter
detail  co3 zau6 jiu3 jing6 daa2 zau6 kei5 ding6   = face up to one's mistakes; admit one's mistakes and stand still when one gets beaten
detail  soeng1 kei5 jan4  shuang1 qi3 ren2 = Kangxi radical 60 (step)
detail  dung6 kei5 seoi2 jyu4*2  dong4 qi3 [PRC] qi4 [TW] shui3 yu2 = short and chubby; pudgy
detail  dung6 duk1 kei5  dong4 du3 qi3 [PRC] / qi4 [TW] = stand straight and stiff; stand perfectly upright
detail  gou1 kei5  gao1 qi3 = stay high
detail  kei5 gaai1   = street girl; prostitute; tout for hostess bar or prostitutes
detail  kei5 jip6 gaan3 mong5 lou6  qi3 ye4 jian1 wang3 lu4 = extranet; company-external network
detail  jyun5 gin6*2 kei5 jip6  ruan3 jian4 qi3 ye4 = software company
detail  kei5 jip6 dik1 se5 wui6*2 zaak3 jam6   = corporate social responsibility
detail  kei5 jip6 gun2 lei5 jyun5 gin6*2   = software for enterprise resource planning (ERP)
detail  kei5 jip6 zaak3 jam6   = corporate responsibility
detail  kei5 jip6 se5 wui6*2 zaak3 jam6  qi3 ye4 she4 hui4 ze2 ren4 = corporate social responsibility
detail  saam1 mou4 kei5 jip6  san1 wu2 qi3 ye4 = the three "no" enterprises (no capital, no plant, and no administrative structure)
detail  hoeng1 gong2 zung1 gwok3 kei5 jip6 hip3 wui6*2   = Hong Kong Chinese Enterprises Association

Showing 10 of 25 examples containing 企
detail audio 返屋企
I'm going home.
detail audio 我係今日返屋企
I returned home only today.
[http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?14,131851 ]
detail audio 屋企
He went home.
[The final particle 嘞 here indicates a change of situation.]
detail audio 屋企阿爸阿媽阿哥
My home has father, mother, brother and me.
detail 屋企地毡
This house is carpeted.
[Lit. This [counter] house have carpet]
detail 唔可以上便
You can't stand on the table.
[Lit. you cannot stand at table surface. 唔可以 here carries the sense of "not allowed".]
detail audio 我哋可以圖書館或者返屋企
We can go to the library or perhaps go home.
detail audio 我哋一係圖書館一係返屋企
We either go the the library or go home.
detail audio 以為華埠其實屋企
I thought you went to Chinatown, but in fact you went home.
detail audio 首先圖書館然後返屋企
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.
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