望 wàng

1. wàng verb to gaze / to look towards
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Observation 观察
   Notes: (Unihan '望')
2. wàng verb to visit
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Social Interaction 交际
   
3. wàng verb to hope
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '望')
4. wàng verb to compare
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
   
5. wàng verb to grudge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Emotion 感情
   
6. wàng verb to approach
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
7. wàng noun sight / vision
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   
8. wàng noun renown / prestige
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 名望
9. wàng noun hope
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 希望
10. wàng noun 15th day of the month
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Of the lunar calendar
11. wàng noun bounds
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 边际
12. wàng noun appearance
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 仪容
13. wàng noun a famous person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 仪容
14. wàng noun a window
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 窗口
15. wàng noun a lodge or shop banner
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    
16. wàng noun a Tang dynasty prefecture
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    
17. wàng preposition towards / to
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 向

Contained in

• 希望 to wish for / to desire / to hope ; a wish / a desire
• 郡望 gentry
• 奢望 an extravagant hope / excessive expectations
• 展望 prospects / outlook ; to look into the distance
• 欲望(慾望) desire / longing / appetite / craving
• 愿望(願望) desire / wish
• 看望 to visit
• 盼望 to hope for / look forward to
• 失望 to lose hope / to despair ; disappointed
• 渴望 to desire
• 张望(張望) to peep / to look around
• 绝望(絕望) desperate / forlorn / hopeless
• 期望 to expect
• 探望 to visit / to call on
• 望远镜(望遠鏡) telescope
• 威望 prestige
• 指望 to hope for / to count on ; a hope
• 罗望子(囉望子) tamarind
• 瞭望 to keep a lookout
• 眺望 to scan from afar
• 仰望 to look up at
• 一望无际(一望無際) as far as the eye can see
• 望见(望見) to espy / to spot
• 观望(觀望) to wait and see / to watch from the sidelines / to look around / to survey
• 望柱 a balustrade post / a railing post
• 德高望重 a person of virtue and prestige
• 朔望 the new moon / the first day of the lunar month
• 望文生义(望文生義) to interpret word-by-word without understanding the meaning / a far-fetched interpretation
• 声望(聲望) popularity / prestige
• 名望 renown / prestige
• 名门望族(名門望族) offspring a famous family / good breeding / blue blood
• 天文望远镜(天文望遠鏡) an astronomical telescope
• 望月 a full moon
• 可望 can be expected (to) / to be expected (to) / hopefully (happening)
• 厚望 great hopes / great expectations
• 守望 to keep watch / on guard
• 远望(遠望) to gaze afar / to look into the distance
• 望洋 to gaze in the air
• 寄望 to place hopes on
• 众望(眾望) people's expectations

Also contained in

望海峰 、 博望 、 博望侯 、 孔望山 、 望城县 、 望城 、 佛说无希望经 、 无希望经 、 太公望 、 吕望 、 望江

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: 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: 10
• 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
• 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