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望

wàng

HSK 2 Character

What 望 means

1. full moon
2. to hope
3. to expect
4. to visit
5. to gaze (into the distance)
6. to look towards
7. towards

Other readings

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

• wàng15th day of month (lunar calendar); old variant of {望|wàng}

Example sentences

• 不要失望。
  Don't be disappointed.
• 她望着我。
  She looked at me.
• 我失望了。
  I was disappointed.
• 展望未来！
  Look towards the future!
• 他望进门内。
  Tā wàng jìnmén nèi.
  He looked in at the door.
• 有望会变晴。
  Yǒuwàng huì biàn qíng.
  The weather promises to clear up.

Words starting with 望

• 望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngtelescope; binoculars
• 望见wàng jiànto espy; to spot
• 望月wàng yuèfull moon
• 望而却步wàng ér què bù(lit.) to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom); (fig.) to be deterred
• 望子成龙wàng zǐ chéng lónglit. to hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed…
• 望尘莫及wàng chén mò jílit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)…
• 望而生畏wàng ér shēng wèi(idiom) to feel intimidated
• 望眼欲穿wàng yǎn yù chuānto anxiously await
• 望日wàng rìthe full moon; the fifteenth day of each lunar month
• 望文生义wàng wén shēng yìlit. view a text and interpret (idiom); to interpret word by word without understanding…
• 望城区Wàng chéng QūWangcheng, a district of Changsha City 长沙市
• 望风wàng fēngto be on the lookout; to keep watch
• 望族wàng zúdistinguished or prominent family; influential clan (old)
• 望花区Wàng huā QūWanghua, a district of Fushun City 抚顺市
• 望夫石Wàng fū ShíAmah Rock in Sha Tin 沙田
• 望洋wàng yáng(literary) to gaze into the air
• 望京Wàng jīngWangjing neighborhood of Beijing
• 望楼wàng lóuwatchtower; lookout tower
• 望风而逃wàng fēng ér táoto flee at the mere sight of (idiom)
• 望远镜座Wàng yuǎn jìng zuòTelescopium (constellation)
• 望诊wàng zhěn(TCM) observation, one of the four methods of diagnosis 四诊
• 望江县Wàng jiāng XiànWangjiang, a county in Anqing City 安庆市
• 望都县Wàng dū XiànWangdu, a county in Baoding City 保定市
• 望梅止渴wàng méi zhǐ kělit. to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums (idiom)…

Words containing 望

• 希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish
• 失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope; to despair
• 愿望yuàn wàngdesire; wish
• 盼望pàn wàngto hope for; to look forward to
• 渴望kě wàngto thirst for; to long for
• 欲望yù wàngdesire; longing; appetite; craving
• 绝望jué wàngto despair; to give up all hope; desperate
• 期望qī wàngto have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation
• 看望kàn wàngto pay a visit to; to see (sb)
• 指望zhǐ wàngto count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
• 威望wēi wàngprestige
• 探望tàn wàngto visit; to call on sb; to look around
• 展望zhǎn wàngoutlook; prospect; to look ahead
• 东张西望dōng zhāng xī wàngto look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
• 张望zhāng wàngto look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at
• 有望yǒu wànghopeful; promising
• 有希望yǒu xī wànghopeful; promising; prospective
• 观望guān wàngto wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey
• 眺望tiào wàngto survey the scene from an elevated position
• 仰望yǎng wàngto look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
• 奢望shē wàngan extravagant hope; to have excessive expectations
• 无望wú wàngwithout hope; hopeless; without prospects
• 凝望níng wàngto gaze at; to stare fixedly at
• 声望shēng wàngreputation; prestige; public esteem

Characters built on 王

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

• 旺wàngprosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 汪wāngexpanse of water; ooze; (onomatopoeia) bark
• 琅lángjade-like stone; clean and white; tinkling of pendants
• 枉wǎngto twist; crooked; unjust
• 恙yàngsickness
• 璋zhāngjade tablet used in ceremonies, shaped like the left or right half of a "gui" 圭
• 瑭táng(jade)

Characters that look like 望

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

• 堡bǎo(bound form) fortress; stronghold…
• 堂táng(main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the…
• 斐fěiphonetic fei or fi; (literary) rich with literary elegance; phi (Greek letter Φ, φ)
• 虔qiánto act with reverence; reverent
• 玺xǐruler's seal
• 莆púused in 莆田

Sounds the same

Read wàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 忘to forget; to overlook; to neglect
• 旺prosperous; flourishing; (of flowers) blooming
• 妄absurd; fantastic; presumptuous
• 王(literary) (of a monarch) to reign over (a kingdom)
• 迋to deceive; to scare; to travel