欲 yù
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 欠 — to lack, to owe
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
欲望
yùwàng
desire
Characters in this word
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 过度消费往往来自一时的欲望，而不是真正的需要。 Guòdù xiāofèi wǎngwǎng láizì yìshí de yùwàng, ér bú shì zhēnzhèng de xūyào. Excessive consumption often comes from a momentary desire rather than a real need.
- 他对金钱的欲望越来越强烈。 Tā duì jīnqián de yùwàng yuè lái yuè qiángliè. His desire for money grew stronger and stronger.
- 要学会控制自己的欲望，不要什么都想买。 Yào xuéhuì kòngzhì zìjǐ de yùwàng, bú yào shénme dōu xiǎng mǎi. Learn to control your desires instead of wanting to buy everything.
Related words
- 食欲 shíyù appetite
- 随心所欲 suíxīnsuǒyù to do as one pleases
- 摇摇欲坠 yáoyáoyùzhuì to be on the verge of collapse; tottering
- 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
- 望 wàng to look at, to gaze