许 xǔ
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 午 noon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
许愿
xǔyuàn
to make a wish
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 孩子们在灯会的许愿墙前写下心愿，希望家人平安。 Háizimen zài dēnghuì de xǔyuàn qiáng qián xiě xià xīnyuàn, xīwàng jiārén píng'ān. The children wrote down their wishes at the lantern festival's wishing wall, hoping their families would be safe.
- 生日那天，她对着蛋糕上的蜡烛许愿。 Shēngrì nàtiān, tā duìzhe dàngāo shàng de làzhú xǔyuàn. On her birthday, she made a wish over the candles on the cake.
- 传说往喷泉里丢一枚硬币就能许愿成真。 Chuánshuō wǎng pēnquán lǐ diū yī méi yìngbì jiù néng xǔyuàn chéngzhēn. Legend has it that if you throw a coin into the fountain, your wish will come true.
Related words
- 许多 xǔduō many; a lot of
- 也许 yěxǔ maybe; perhaps
- 或许 huòxǔ maybe; perhaps
- 不许 bùxǔ not allowed to
- 许可 xǔkě to allow; permission
- 容许 róngxǔ to permit; to allow
- 许 xǔ to allow; perhaps; about
- 赞许 zànxǔ to approve of; to praise
- 准许 zhǔnxǔ to permit; to allow
- 愿意 yuànyì to be willing; to want
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 志愿 zhìyuàn wish; to volunteer