HSK 5 vocabulary › 愿望
愿望
愿望 in English: desire; wish
yuàn wàng
desire; wish
How to pronounce 愿望
yuàn wàng (without tone marks: yuan wang). yuàn is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; wàng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 愿望
愿 yuàn
honest and prudent; (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing
honest and prudent; (bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing
望 wàng
full moon; to hope; to expect
full moon; to hope; to expect
Example sentences with 愿望
| 父亲在信里承认自己过于固执，也表达了想和解的愿望。 | from A Letter Never Sent |
Related words
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope | HSK 2 |
| 愿意 | yuàn yì | to wish; to want | HSK 3 |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope | HSK 4 |
| 志愿者 | zhì yuàn zhě | volunteer | HSK 5 |
| 自愿 | zì yuàn | voluntary | HSK 5 |
| 看望 | kàn wàng | to pay a visit to; to see (sb) | HSK 5 |
| 盼望 | pàn wàng | to hope for; to look forward to | HSK 5 |
| 宁愿 | nìng yuàn | would rather ... (than ...) | HSK 6 |
| 心甘情愿 | xīn gān qíng yuàn | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do | HSK 6 |
| 东张西望 | dōng zhāng xī wàng | to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around | HSK 6 |