Chinese Notes

望 wàng

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

一望无垠(一望無垠) to stretch as far as the eye can see
觊望(覬望) to long for
望日 the full moon; the fifteenth day of each lunar month
威望 prestige
跂望 to stand on tiptoe looking out for to something
耆儒硕望(耆儒碩望) an elderly eminent scholar
登高望远(登高望遠) to stand tall and see far; taking the long and broad view; acute foresight
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
有希望 hopeful; promising; prospective
若望福音 Gospel according to St John
众望(眾望) people's expectations
极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
探望 to visit; to call on
无望(無望) to be without hope; hopeless
可望 can be expected (to); to be expected (to); hopefully (happening)
无取胜希望者(無取勝希望者) outsider (i.e. not expected to win a race or championship)
万里之望(萬里之望) great hopes for position and wealth
天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
指望 to hope for; to count on ; a hope
望洋 to gaze in the air
翘望(翹望) to raise one's head and look into the distance; to forward to; to long for
望风而逃(望風而逃) to flee at the mere sight of
声望(聲望) popularity; prestige
骋望(騁望) to gaze into the distance ; to rush and look
照望 to take care of
名门望族(名門望族) offspring a famous family; good breeding; blue blood
怨望忿怒之患 misfortune due to anger or grudges
双筒望远镜(雙筒望遠鏡) binoculars
民望 people's hope ; a popular role model
望文生义(望文生義) to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning; a far-fetched interpretation
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
瞰望 to overlook; to watch from above
望远镜座(望遠鏡座) Telescopium
若望 John / Saint John
望女成凤(望女成鳳) to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix; to hope one's daughter is a success in life
资望(資望) seniority and prestige
望山川 looked to the mountains and rivers
可望而不可即 in sight but unattainable; inaccessible
失望 to lose hope; to despair ; to not recognize
东张西望(東張西望) to spy to the east and look to west; to look in all directions
期望 to hope; to expect
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
不孚众望(不孚眾望) not living up to expectations; failing to inspire confidence among people; unpopular

Also contained in

望城县、望花、望江、望都、黄公望、好望角、太公望、吕望

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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
群望 (群望) 並走群望 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — 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