Taxonomy of meanings for 期:　　

  • 期 qī (OC: ɡɯ MC: ɡɨ) 渠之切 平 廣韻：【期信也㑹也限也要也又姓風俗通有期思國又漢複姓二氏後漢梁鴻改姓運期氏古仙人有安期生賈執英賢傳云今琅邪人 】
    • AGREE TO
      • vadNagreed upon (date)
      • vt(+V[0])agree to do something  V, make an agreement to
      • vtoNagree on (a date and a place),　MC 約好German: verabreden
      • vt+V1.postV2agree to V with somebodyDS
      • vt+prep+Nconformagree to follow/conform toCH
      • in action> CONFORM
          • object> STANDARD
            • nab(post-N)standard of timeliness of the contextually determiate NCH
          • until the appointed time> WAIT
              • abstract> DEPEND ON
                • vt V[0]{PASS}figurativedepend on being V-edCH
              • with positive anticipation> HOPE
                • vt+prep+Nhope for and work towards 期於LSCQ: hope for (in accordance with agreement or preparation); count on
                • vtoNhope for; place one's hope and expectation in
                • vtoShope that
                • vtoV(0)hope for and work towards V-ingCH
                • vtoNpassivebe hoped forDS
                • emotional> DESIRE
                  • vtoNhope for, be after
                • delayed agreed-to action> LATE
                  • vt(oN)make a delay, deal with the matter/a person not immediately but with some delay
          • agreed-to date> MOMENT
              • correct> TIMELY
                • nabdimensiontimeliness, completion of task according to time
                • nadVin due course, when the time comes
              • general> PERIOD
                • nabtimeSHI 58: agreed time; SHI 66: period of time; predicted period or time; time of an appointment
                • vt+prep+NN=timeset the time on the period NDS
                • vt[oN]middle voicethe time was givenDS
                • vt+prep+Nidentify a period of year according to NLZ
              • action> APPOINTMENT
                • vtpost-.與+N{OBJ}have an appointment with NCH
              • opportune> OPPORTUNITY
                • grammatialised> THEREUPON
                  • vt0oN.adStimeafter the elapsing of (a certain period of time)
          • 期 jī (OC: kɯ MC: kɨ) 居之切 平 廣韻：【周年又復時也 】
            • of years or periods> WHOLE
              • nadNcomplete, whole (year) 期年 "whole year"; 未期年"not quite a whole year"
          • qīEXTREME
            • vtoN(= qí 綦) to exert N to the extreme, to be fully comitted to NLZ

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          • HOPE

            1. The general word for a hope (rather than a wish) yuàn 願 (ant. kǒng 恐 "be very much afraid that"), but the word is rather formal and often tends to express a hope regarding what someone else (typically of higher status) might do. 2. Yù 欲 (ant. kǒng 恐？ “be terrified by the thought of", is very commonly used as a general word for an emotionally intense hope that is currently entertained. (The cases where the word clearly invites translation as "hope" and cannot be rendered as "desire" or "wish" are in the hundreds.) 3. Jì 冀 (ant. jù 懼 "fear") typically refers to an unrealistic or distant precarious hope concerning one's own future or other person's future actions. 4. Wàng 望 "look forward to" refers to a hope regarding realistic external events, and not necessary actions by any person, and the word tends to refer to a more realistic concrete hope and expectation than the equally current yuàn 願.

            5. Qī 期 is a definitive realistic hope, often related to one's own future actions.

            6. Xìng 幸 "hope to be so lucky to find that" (ant. wèi 畏 "fear") is part of polite court speech and refers to a high hope presented as not strongly realistic.

            NB: Pàn 盼 is post-Han.

          • AGREE TO

            [ASCENDING/HORIZONTAL/DESCENDING]

            [EXPLICIT/IMPLICIT]

            [FORMAL/INFORMAL]

            [MENTAL/PRACTICAL]

            [REACTIVE/SPONTANEOUS]

            1. Nuò 諾 (ant. yǐ 已 "be unwilling") expresses a general agreement to do what is asked of one, and this is the most common word which can be used both by superiors and by inferiors when expressing agreement.

            [EXPLICIT], [FORMAL], [REACTIVE]

            2. Wéi 唯 (ant. fǒu 否 "refuse") expresses an unquestioning agreement directed at superiors to do what is asked of one.concerning a major undertaking by means of a mutual promise.

            [ASCENDING], [EXPLICIT], [FORMAL], [REACTIVE]

            3. Qī 期 refers to the entering into a typically non-hierarchical agreement concerning any form of common action by means of a mutual promise.

            [EXPLICIT], [HORIZONTAL], [INFORMAL], [SPONTANEOUS]

            4. Yuē 約 refers to the entering into a voluntary binding agreement of any kind between equals.

            [EXPLICIT], [FORMAL], [HORIZONTAL], [SPONTANEOUS]

            5. Kěn 肯 (ant. jù (ér bù shòu) 拒（而不受 ) "refuse to accede to a request") refers to a willingness to do what one might refuse to do.

            [IMPLICIT], [MENTAL]

            6. Cóng 從 "do as one is told" (ant. cí 辭 "refuse") can refer to an agreement by a superior to do as is being suggested by an inferior rather than the obeying itself. See OBEY

            [IMPLICIT], [PRACTICAL], [REACTIVE]

          • PERIOD

            1. The most current general term for a period of time is shí 時, but the term often retains its connotations of "seasons of the year".

            2. Qī 期 refers to a designated period of time where something is supposed to happen.

          • CROSSROADS

            1. Qú 衢 refers generally to an intersection of roads, either in a city or in the countryside, from which one can move in four or more directions, once in CC even nine directions.

            2. Chōng 衝 refers to such an intersection especially as a centre of communications.

            3. Jiē 街 is sometimes used to refer to a cross-road within a city.

            ERYA 一達謂之道路；二達謂之歧旁；三達謂之劇旁；四達謂之衢；五達謂之康；六達謂之莊；七達謂之劇驂；八達謂之崇期；九達謂之逵。 is a wonderful example of rationalisation in lexicography.

          • WHOLE

            1. The most general word for the whole of something is yī 一.

            2. Quán 全 (ant. cán 殘 "impaired") indicates that what is referred to is being referred to in its entirety and in an undiminished state.

            3. Jǔ 舉 "the whole of" is frequent but limited to the the idiomatic phrase jǔ guó 舉國 "the whole state".

            4. Jī 期 "the whole of" is fairly frequent but limited to the idiomatic phrases jī nián 期年 "the whole year" and jī yuè 期月 "the whole month".