指 zhǐ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 旨 aim, intention, purpose, will
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
指望
zhǐwàng
to count on; hope; expectation
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
- 企业不能只指望补贴生存，而应提升自身的技术和管理能力。 Qǐyè bù néng zhǐ zhǐwàng bǔtiē shēngcún, ér yīng tíshēng zìshēn de jìshù hé guǎnlǐ nénglì. Enterprises cannot simply count on subsidies to survive; they should improve their own technical and managerial capacity.
- 你别指望他会帮你，他连自己都照顾不好。 Nǐ bié zhǐwàng tā huì bāng nǐ, tā lián zìjǐ dōu zhàogù bù hǎo. Don't count on him to help you — he can't even take care of himself.
- 父母老了以后，儿女就成了他们唯一的指望。 Fùmǔ lǎo le yǐhòu, érnǚ jiù chéngle tāmen wéiyī de zhǐwàng. When parents grow old, their children become their only hope and support.