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志愿

zhì yuàn

2-character word Traditional 志願

What 志愿 means

1. aspiration
2. ambition
3. to volunteer

The characters in 志愿

• 志zhìaspiration; ambition; the will
• 愿yuànhonest and prudent; variant of 愿

Example sentences

• 婴儿被志愿者们照顾着。
  Yīng'ér bèi zhìyuànzhě men zhàogu zhe.
  The babies are taken care of by volunteers.
• 汤姆是第一个志愿参与的人。
  Tom was the first person to volunteer.
• 一些大学生在假期去非洲做志愿者 ，帮助当地完善野生生物管理。
  Yīxiē dàxuéshēng zài jiàqī qù Fēizhōu zuò zhìyuànzhě, bāngzhù dāngdì wánshàn yěshēngshēngwù guǎnlǐ.
  During the holidays, some university students go to Africa as volunteers and help to perfect local wildlife conservation.
• 竞选活动的声势也来自那些已不再年轻的人们，他们冒着严寒酷暑，敲开陌生人的家门进行竞选宣传；竞选声势也源自数百万的美国民众，他们充当志愿者和组织者，他们证明了在两百多年以后，民有、民治、民享的政府并未从地球上消失。这是你们的胜利。
  Jìngxuǎnhuódòng de shēngshì yě láizì nàxiē yǐ bù zài niánqīng de rénmen, tāmen màozhe yánhán kùshǔ, qiāokāi mòshēngrén de jiāmén jìnxíng jìngxuǎn xuānchuán; jìngxuǎn shēngshì yě yuánzì shùbǎiwàn de Měiguó mínzhòng, tāmen chōngdāng zhìyuànzhě hé zǔzhīzhě, tāmen zhèngmíng le zài liǎng bǎi duō nián yǐhòu, mín yǒu, mín zhì, mín xiǎng de zhèngfǔ bìng wèi cóng dìqiú shàng xiāoshī. zhè shì nǐmen de shènglì.
  It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

Words starting with 志愿

• 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěvolunteer
• 志愿军zhì yuàn jūnvolunteer army
• 志愿兵zhì yuàn bīngvolunteer soldier

Words containing 志愿

• 中国人民志愿军Zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūnthe Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950