wàng

to hope; to expect; to look towards

HSK 2 #326

Character data

HSK 2
Frequency 326th character
Radical ⽉ (74.7)
Strokes 11
Index # 2394

Definitions

望 wàng
  1. 1. to hope
  2. 2. to expect
  3. 3. to look towards
  4. 4. to gaze (into the distance)
  5. 5. to visit
  6. 6. towards
  7. 7. full moon
  8. 8. 15th day of month (lunar calendar)

Stroke order

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Words containing 望

Word Meaning
hope; to wish for; to desire
disappointed; to lose hope; to despair
wish; desire
to visit; to pay a call to
to look forward to; to hope for
to count on; to hope for sth; hope
to long for; to thirst for
expectation; to have expectations; hope
to despair; desperate; desperation
desire; longing; appetite
to visit; to call on sb; to look around
outlook; prospect; to look ahead
prestige
to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around
binoculars; telescope
to have excessive expectations; an extravagant hope
prestige; popularity
to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
renown; prestige
to keep watch; on guard
to look around; to peer at; to throw a look at
without hope; hopeless; without prospects
to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to survey
promising; hopeful
to gaze at; to stare fixedly at
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