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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 20840 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
See all 61 compounds (CantoDict reports 72 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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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