望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
望
wàng
to look at, to gaze
Character
Example phrases
- 她站在窗前，静静地望着远处的海面。 Tā zhàn zài chuāng qián, jìngjìng de wàng zhe yuǎnchù de hǎimiàn. She stood by the window, quietly gazing at the sea in the distance.
- 他抬头望了望天，说可能要下雨了。 Tā táitóu wàng le wàng tiān, shuō kěnéng yào xià yǔ le. He looked up at the sky and said it might rain.
- 孩子们站在门口，望着妈妈回来的方向。 Háizimen zhàn zài ménkǒu, wàng zhe māma huílai de fāngxiàng. The children stood at the door, looking in the direction Mum would come back from.
Related words
- 希望 xīwàng to hope; hope
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 看望 kànwàng to visit
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 渴望 kěwàng to long for
- 期望 qīwàng to hope; to expect
- 盼望 pànwàng to long for, to look forward to
- 欲望 yùwàng desire
- 东张西望 dōngzhāngxīwàng to look around distractedly; to gaze about
- 观望 guānwàng to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines
- 奢望 shēwàng extravagant hope; to expect too much