企 (qǐ) — (bound form) to hope for; to look forward to; (bound form) original sense: to stand on tiptoe
Definition
A bound morpheme, never used alone. It contributes 'enterprise' in 企业, 'plan/plot' in 企图, and 'penguin' in 企鹅 (literally 'tiptoe goose').
bound form
to hope forto look forward tooriginal sense: to stand on tiptoe
Easily confused
- 全quánlook-alike(adjective) whole; entire; all
- 起qǐsound-alike(verb) to get up; to rise
- 个gèlook-alike(classifier) general individual classifier for people and objects without a specific classifier
- 岂qǐsound-alike(adverb, rhetorical) how could it be that...?; surely not...? (used to express strong negation or disbelief)
- 止zhǐlook-aliketo stop, to cease, to halt
- 启qǐsound-alike(bound form) to open, to start
Examples
- 。Zhè jiā qǐ yè zài guó jì shì chǎng shàng hěn yǒu jìng zhēng lì.This enterprise is very competitive in the international market.
- 。Tā de qǐ tú bèi jǐng chá jí shí fā xiàn le.His plot was discovered by the police in time.
- 。Nán jí de qǐ é zǒu qǐ lù lái yáo yáo bǎi bǎi de.Penguins in Antarctica waddle when they walk.
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