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 , Subdomain: Social Interaction
   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

• 大失所望 greatly disappointed in all one's hopes
• 民望 people's hope ; a popular role model
• 望断(望斷) to obsess ; to go out of sight / to disappear [in the distance]
• 望日 the full moon / the fifteenth day of each lunar month
• 无望(無望) to be without hope / hopeless
• 翘望(翹望) to raise one's head and look into the distance / to forward to / to long for
• 深孚众望(深孚眾望) to enjoy the confidence of the people / to be very popular
• 瞭望 to keep a lookout
• 期望值 expectations / expected value
• 鹄望(鵠望) to wait expectantly
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar / to look into the distance
• 照望 to take care of
• 登高望远(登高望遠) to stand tall and see far / taking the long and broad view / acute foresight
• 柴望 a burnt sacrificial offering to Heaven and the mountains and rivers
• 觊望(覬望) to long for
• 望尘莫及(望塵莫及) to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up / to be far inferior
• 望远瞄准镜(望遠瞄準鏡) telescopic sight / scope (on a rifle)
• 重望 renowned / prestigious / great hopes / expectations
• 观望(觀望) to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey
• 大喜过望(大喜過望) great joy beyond expectations
• 望洋兴叹(望洋興嘆) to gaze at the ocean and lament one's inadequacy
• 弥望(彌望) a full view
• 放眼望去 as far as the eye can see
• 瞭望哨 lookout post
• 可望有成 can be expected to be a success
• 极目远望(極目遠望) as far as the eye can see
• 望诊(望診) (TCM) observation
• 骋望(騁望) to gaze into the distance ; to rush and look
• 喜出望外 overjoyed beyond expectations
• 奢望 an extravagant hope / excessive expectations
• 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
• 若望 John / Saint John
• 跂望 to stand on tiptoe looking forward to somebody or sth
• 一望无际(一望無際) as far as the eye can see
• 不孚众望(不孚眾望) not living up to expectations / failing to inspire confidence among people / unpopular
• 望而生畏 intimidate at the first glance / awe-inspiring / terrifying / overwhelming
• 一望无垠(一望無垠) to stretch as far as the eye can see
• 倚栏望月(倚欄望月) to lean against the railings and look at the moon
• 瞭望台(瞭望臺) observation tower / lookout tower
• 望梅止渴 to quench one's thirst by thinking of plums / to console oneself with illusions
• 望而却步(望而卻步) to shrink back / to flinch
• 盼望 to hope for / look forward to
• 一线希望(一線希望) a gleam of hope
• 凝望 to gaze at / to stare fixedly at

Also contained in

望花 、 望夫石 、 望奎 、 望衍 、 博望 、 望花区 、 无希望经

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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: 87
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 几望 (幾望) 月幾望 — Book of Changes 易經, 小畜 Xiao Xu — count: 3