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Chinese symbol for “expectations”

期望值
qī wàng zhí
expectations; (math) expected value

The closest CC-CEDICT match for expectations is 期望值 (qī wàng zhí), defined as: expectations; (math) expected value.

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Characters and stroke order

期 qī
a period of time; date, time; phase
radical 74 ⽉ · 12 strokes
望 wàng
to expect, to hope, to look forward to
radical 74 ⽉ · 11 strokes
值 zhí
price, value, worth
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “expectations”

WordPinyinMeaning
意料yì liàoto anticipate; to expect; expectations
重望zhòng wàngrenowned; prestigious

Related words

Other words that share a character with 期望值.

WordPinyinMeaning
时期 (時期)shí qīperiod; phase
期间 (期間)qī jiānperiod of time; time
长期 (長期)cháng qīlong-term; for a protracted period
期待qī dàito look forward to; to await
星期xīng qīweek; 个 (gè)
预期 (預期)yù qīto expect; to anticipate
希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish
失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope
价值 (價值)jià zhívalue; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values

See also: Japanese symbol for “expectations”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.