望 wàng

1. wàng verb to gaze; to look towards; to look from afar
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' v 1; Kroll 2015 '望' 1, p. 470; Unihan '望'; XHZD '望' 1, p. 778)
2. wàng verb to visit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 拜访 (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' v 3; XHZD '望' 2, p. 778)
3. wàng verb to hope; to expect
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 盼望 (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' v 2; Kroll 2015 '望' 2, p. 470; Unihan '望'; XHZD '望' 3, p. 778)
4. wàng verb to be estranged
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 3, p. 470)
5. wàng verb to grudge; to hate; to resent
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 怨恨 (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' v 4; Kroll 2015 '望' 3a, p. 470; XHZD '望' 4, p. 778)
6. wàng verb to admire; to respect; to look up to
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 4, p. 470)
7. wàng noun sight from a distance; vista
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 1a, p. 470)
8. wàng noun renown; prestige
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 名望; in the sense of 名誉 (Guoyu '望' n 2; XHZD '望' 5, p. 778)
9. wàng noun a sacrifice [from afar] to mountains and rivers
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 6a, p. 470)
10. wàng noun 15th day of the month
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of the lunar calendar (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' n 3; Kroll 2015 '望' 5, p. 470; XHZD '望' 6, p. 778)
11. wàng verb to be close to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 接近 (Guoyu '望' v 5)
12. wàng noun an aspiration
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 心愿 (Guoyu '望' n 1)
13. wàng noun a Tang dynasty administrative region with special status
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 4a, p. 470)
14. wàng preposition towards; to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 向 (CC-CEDICT '望'; Guoyu '望' prep; Kroll 2015 '望' 6, p. 470; XHZD '望' 7, p. 778)

Contained in

• 望日 the full moon; the fifteenth day of each lunar month
• 望断南飞雁(望斷南飛雁) the wild geese flying south are out of sight
• 寄望 to place hopes on
• 探望 to visit; to call on
• 望而兴叹(望而興嘆) to look and sigh; to feel helpless; not knowing what to do
• 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]
• 双筒望远镜(雙筒望遠鏡) binoculars
• 可望而不可即 in sight but unattainable; inaccessible
• 耆儒硕望(耆儒碩望) an elderly eminent scholar
• 盼望 to hope for; look forward to
• 德高望重 a person of virtue and prestige
• 瞭望哨 lookout post
• 遥望(遙望) to look into the distance
• 绝望的境地(絕望的境地) desperate straits; impossible situation
• 瞭望台(瞭望臺) observation tower; lookout tower
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar; to look into the distance
• 望族 distinguished or prominent family; influential clan
• 希望 to wish for; to desire; to hope ; a wish; a desire
• 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
• 既望 16th day of the lunar month
• 看望 to visit
• 胜利在望(勝利在望) victory is in sight
• 天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
• 门望(門望) family prestige
• 守望 to keep watch; on guard
• 旗鼓相望 troops opposing each other in battle
• 期望 to hope; to expect
• 大旱望云霓(大旱望雲霓) looking for rain clouds in times of drought; desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
• 大失所望 greatly disappointed in all one's hopes
• 得一望十 gain one and hope to gain ten; to be overly greedy
• 窥望(窺望) to peep; to spy on
• 望远瞄准镜(望遠瞄準鏡) telescopic sight; scope (on a rifle)
• 望而生畏 intimidate at the first glance; awe-inspiring; terrifying; overwhelming
• 厚望 great hopes; great expectations
• 众望(眾望) people's expectations
• 期望值 expectations; expected value
• 大喜过望(大喜過望) great joy beyond expectations
• 望楼(望樓) watchtower; lookout tower
• 一线希望(一線希望) a gleam of hope
• 瞭望 to keep a lookout
• 仰望 to look up at
• 热望(熱望) to aspire
• 望风而逃(望風而逃) to flee at the mere sight of

Also contained in

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• 卷七十八 蕭望之傳 Volume 78: Xiao Wangzhi Book of Han 漢書 — count: 86
• 卷七十四　列傳第十二:　宗翰本名粘罕 子:斜哥 宗望本名斡離不 子:齊 京 文 Volume 74 Biographies 12: Zong Han formerly named Zhanhan, son: Xiege, Zong Wang formerly named Wo Libu, sons: Qi, Jing, Wen History of Jin 金史 — count: 76
• 卷二十二　志第三:　曆下 步月離第五 步交會第六 步五星第七 Volume 22 Treatises 3: Calendar 2 - Phases of the Month 5, Phases of Convergence 6, Phases of the Five Planets 7 History of Jin 金史 — count: 70
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• 卷七十五 志第二十八 律曆八 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Measures and Calendar 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 59
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• 卷三十九　　　　志第二十九　　地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 59
• 卷17　志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 58
• 卷五十六　志第八:　　曆五 Volume 56 Treatises 9: Calendar 5 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 57

Collocations

• 三望 (三望) 猶三望 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 11
• 四望 (四望) 則旅上帝及四望 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites — count: 9
• 望气 (望氣) 凡望氣 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五 迎敵祠 Book 15 - The Sacrifice against the Coming of the Enemy — count: 7
• 望望 (望望) 望望焉如有從而弗及 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓下》 Tan Gong II — count: 6
• 望曰 (望曰) 諸侯之望曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 望君 (望君) 國人望君 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 5
• 望楚 (望楚) 以望楚矣 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧定之方中 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Ding Zhi Fang Zhong — count: 4
• 几望 (幾望) 月幾望 — Book of Changes 易經, 小畜 Xiao Xu — count: 3
• 望祀 (望祀) 柴而望祀山川 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3
• 南望 (南望) 引領南望曰 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3