HSK 6 vocabulary › 绝望
绝望
绝望 in English: to despair; to give up all hope
jué wàng
to despair; to give up all hope
How to pronounce 绝望
jué wàng (without tone marks: jue wang). jué is a second (rising) tone; wàng is a fourth (sharply falling) tone.
Characters in 绝望
绝 jué
to cut short; extinct; to disappear
to cut short; extinct; to disappear
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 |
| 拒绝 | jù jué | to refuse; to decline | HSK 4 |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope | HSK 4 |
| 绝对 | jué duì | absolute; unconditional | 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 |
| 愿望 | yuàn wàng | desire; wish | HSK 5 |
| 杜绝 | dù jué | to put an end to | HSK 6 |
| 断绝 | duàn jué | to sever; to break off | HSK 6 |
| 空前绝后 | kōng qián jué hòu | unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last | HSK 6 |