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愿

yuàn

HSK 3 Character

What 愿 means

1. honest and prudent
2. variant of {愿|yuàn}

Other readings

愿 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yuànwish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...

Example sentences

• 愿他安息！
  Yuàn tā ānxī!
  Peace to his ashes!
• 愿闻其详。
  Yuànwénqíxiáng.
  Please elaborate.
• 愿你平安！
  Peace be upon you!
• 你愿意来吗？
  Would you like to come?
• 我愿意帮他。
  I'm willing to help him.
• 愿他们长寿！
  May they live long!

Words starting with 愿

• 愿意yuàn yìto wish; to want; ready
• 愿望yuàn wàngdesire; wish
• 愿心yuàn xīna wish; a request (to a deity)
• 愿景yuàn jǐngvision (of the future)
• 愿闻其详yuàn wén qí xiángI'd like to hear the details
• 愿赌服输yuàn dǔ fú shūlit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose; fig. you bet, you pay

Words containing 愿

• 自愿zì yuànvoluntary
• 宁愿nìng yuànwould rather ... (than ...)
• 不愿bù yuànunwilling
• 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěvolunteer
• 志愿zhì yuànaspiration; ambition; to volunteer
• 但愿dàn yuànif only (sth were possible); I wish (that)
• 情愿qíng yuànwillingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)
• 心愿xīn yuàncherished desire; dream; craving
• 意愿yì yuànaspiration; wish (for); desire
• 祝愿zhù yuànto wish
• 心甘情愿xīn gān qíng yuàndelighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
• 如愿rú yuànto have one's wishes fulfilled
• 请愿qǐng yuànto petition
• 如愿以偿rú yuàn yǐ chángto have one's wish fulfilled
• 许愿xǔ yuànto make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward
• 志愿军zhì yuàn jūnvolunteer army
• 甘愿gān yuànwillingly
• 一厢情愿yī xiāng qíng yuànone's own wishful thinking
• 事与愿违shì yǔ yuàn wéithings turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom)
• 夙愿sù yuànlong-cherished wish
• 遗愿yí yuànfinal wishes of the departed
• 发愿fā yuànto vow
• 还愿huán yuànto redeem a vow (to a deity); to fulfill a promise; votive
• 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

Characters built on 原

These share the phonetic component 原 (yuán), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 源yuánroot; source; origin
• 螈yuánsalamander; newt
• 塬yuánplateau, esp. Loess Plateau of northwest China 黄土高原

Characters that look like 愿

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 慕mùto admire
• 蒸zhēngto evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old)
• 墓mùgrave; tomb; mausoleum
• 愚yúto be stupid; to cheat or deceive; me or I (modest)
• 罂yīngearthen jar with small mouth
• 痿wěiatrophy

Sounds the same

Read yuàn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 院courtyard; institution
• 怨to blame; (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
• 苑(literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc; imperial garden; park…
• 远to distance oneself from (classical)
• 瑗large jade ring
• 媛(bound form) beautiful woman (in practice, often pronounced yuán); Taiwan pr. yuán
• 掾official
• 夗to turn over when asleep