企 (kei5 kei5*2 hei3 | qi3 qi4) : [v] hope; stand on tiptoe

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企

kei5 kei5*2 hei3

qi3 qi4

[1] [v] hope; [v] long; expect; [2] [v] stand on tiptoe； [v] stand, same as 徛

Stroke count: 6

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

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

企

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 12th Apr 2011 03:44

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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 10 of 25 examples containing 企

我返屋企粵
I'm going home.

我係今日返屋企嘅粵
I'm going home today.
[the "today" is emphasized by the use of 係 in front of it, and the use of the final particle 嘅. Pronouncing 嘅 as ge2 would add a sense of puzzlement about the situation.]

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.

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