HSK 6 vocabulary › 欲望
欲望
欲望 in English: desire; longing
yù wàng
desire; longing; appetite; craving
How to pronounce 欲望
yù wàng (without tone marks: yu wang). yù is a fourth (sharply falling) tone; wàng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 欲望
欲 yù
desire; appetite; passion
desire; appetite; passion
望 wàng
full moon; to hope; to expect
full moon; to hope; to expect
Related words
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope | HSK 2 |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope | HSK 4 |
| 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 |
| 愿望 | yuàn wàng | desire; wish | HSK 5 |
| 东张西望 | dōng zhāng xī wàng | to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around | HSK 6 |
| 绝望 | jué wàng | to despair; to give up all hope | HSK 6 |
| 渴望 | kě wàng | to thirst for; to long for | HSK 6 |
| 期望 | qī wàng | to have expectations; to earnestly hope | HSK 6 |
| 探望 | tàn wàng | to visit; to call on sb | HSK 6 |