期待 Simplified/traditional word 期待 English definition qī dài to look forward to to await expectation HSK level HSK 5 Characters 期 (qī): a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]; 待 (dài): to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to;