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指望

zhǐ wàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

指望 (zhǐ wàng) means "to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 指望 means

1. to count on; to hope for
2. prospect; hope

The characters in 指望

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 我指望你了。
  I am counting on you.
• 别指望汤姆。
  Don't count on Tom.
• 我就指望你了。
  I'm counting on you.
• 我指望你的帮助。
  I'm counting on your help.
• 我们可全指望你了。
  We depend on you.
• 别指望别人替你思考。
  Don't expect others to think for you!

Where 指望 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · zhì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhǐ wàng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.