wàng

Traditional: 望

#5156 of 5,000 Core 5000

Translation

to gaze, to hope (bound morpheme)

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Stroke order for 望

Examples

I hope you can come.

This is my biggest hope.

Don't let me down.

shān

He gazed at the distant mountains.

chōngmǎn

She is full of hope for the future.

望 (wàng) means to gaze into the distance or to hope; in modern speech you mostly meet it in 希望 (xīwàng).

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This word is part of lesson 104.