企图
qǐ​tú HSK6

attempt

企图 (企圖) qǐ​tú
attempt verb
to try or attempt to do something (often with a negative or ambitious connotation); an attempt or scheme

犯罪分子企图越狱，但被警卫及时发现并制止了。

fàn​zuì fèn​zǐ qǐ​tú yuè​yù, dàn bèi jǐng​wèi jí​shí fā​xiàn bìng zhì​zhǐ le.

The criminal attempted to escape from prison but was caught by the guards in time.

Frequency
Movie subtitles
17.2 per million appears in 7% of films
Written text
20.0 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6

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Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)