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渴望

kě wàng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

渴望 (kě wàng) means "to thirst for". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 渴望 means

1. to thirst for
2. to long for

The characters in 渴望

• 渴kěthirsty
• 望wàngfull moon; to hope; to expect

Example sentences

• 我渴望冒险。
  I've a yen for adventures.
• 我渴望见到你。
  I'm anxious to see you.
• 我们渴望和平。
  We are longing for peace.
• 他渴望去那里。
  He is eager to go there.
• 我渴望上大学。
  I yearn for the university.
• 人们渴望和平。
  People want peace.

Sounds the same

Read kě wàng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 可望can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)

Where 渴望 is taught

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

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read kě wàng correctly.
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