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跂望

Mandarin · pinyin qǐ wàng#

variant of 企望 qǐ wàng

Mandarin · pinyin qì wàng#

to stand on tiptoe looking forward to sb or sth

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跂: qí · creeping, crawling
望: wàng · to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

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3–4 · qi3 wang4

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kei5 mong6

Cantonese word readings for 跂望. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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