望 wàng
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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) -
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) -
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) -
wàng
verb
to be estranged
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 3, p. 470) -
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) -
wàng
verb
to admire; to respect; to look up to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 4, p. 470) -
wàng
noun
sight from a distance; vista
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 1a, p. 470) -
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) -
wàng
noun
a sacrifice [from afar] to mountains and rivers
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 6a, p. 470) -
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) -
wàng
verb
to be close to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 接近 (Guoyu '望' v 5) -
wàng
noun
an aspiration
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 心愿 (Guoyu '望' n 1) -
wàng
noun
a Tang dynasty administrative region with special status
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '望' 4a, p. 470) -
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
- 若望 John / Saint John
- 戴盆望天 viewing the sky with a basin on one's head; it is hard to get a clear view of the sky while carrying a platter on one's head; it is hard to get on in one's career while encumbered by family obligations
- 门望(門望) family prestige
- 瞩望(矚望) to look forward to
- 凝望 to gaze at; to stare fixedly at
- 资望(資望) seniority and prestige
- 深孚众望(深孚眾望) to enjoy the confidence of the people; to be very popular
- 瞻望 to look far ahead; to look forward ; to hope for
- 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
- 怨望忿怒之患 misfortune due to anger or grudges
- 一望而知 to be evident at a glance
- 遥望(遙望) to look into the distance
- 旗鼓相望 troops opposing each other in battle
- 望而却步(望而卻步) to shrink back; to flinch
- 喜出望外 overjoyed beyond expectations
- 得一望二 gain one and hope to gain two; to be overly greedy
- 厚望 great hopes; great expectations
- 望见(望見) to espy; to spot
- 可望而不可及 in sight but unattainable ; inaccessible
- 跂望 to stand on tiptoe looking out for to something
- 绝望(絕望) desperate; forlorn; hopeless
- 望柱 a balustrade post; a railing post
- 倚栏望月(倚欄望月) to lean against the railings and look at the moon
- 郡望 gentry
- 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
- 瞭望 to keep a lookout
- 威望 prestige
- 翘望(翹望) to raise one's head and look into the distance; to forward to; to long for
- 名望 renown; prestige
- 望风(望風) to be on the lookout; to keep watch
- 胜利在望(勝利在望) victory is in sight
- 希望 to wish for; to desire; to hope ; a wish; a desire
- 骋望(騁望) to gaze into the distance ; to rush and look
- 潜望镜(潛望鏡) periscope
- 这山望着那山高(這山望著那山高) the next mountain looks taller; not satisfied with one's current position
- 寄望 to place hopes on
- 奢望 an extravagant hope; excessive expectations
- 瞭望哨 lookout post
- 民望 people's hope ; a popular role model
- 望子成龙(望子成龍) to hope one's son becomes a dragon; to long for one' s child to succeed in life; to have great hopes for one's offspring
- 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight; to disappear [in the distance]
- 望而兴叹(望而興嘆) to look and sigh; to feel helpless; not knowing what to do
- 名门望族(名門望族) offspring a famous family; good breeding; blue blood
- 功高望重 high merit and worthy prospects
Also contained in
马德望 、 望安乡 、 望都 、 孔望山 、 望江县 、 望奎 、 望安
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷八十八 志第四十一 地理四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Geography 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 152
- 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
- 卷八十九 志第四十二 地理五 Volume 89 Treatises 42: Geography 5 History of Song 宋史 — count: 70
- 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
- 卷六十九 志第二十二 律曆二 Volume 69 Treatises 22: Measures and Calendar 2 History of Song 宋史 — 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
- 敢望 (敢望) 非所敢望也 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
- 望祀 (望祀) 柴而望祀山川 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 3