愿望

Character by character

• 愿yuàn14 strokesHSK 2 traditional 願sincere, honest, virtuous
• 望wàng11 strokesHSK 2to look at, look forward; to hope, expect

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 愿望. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 希望xī wàngHSK 3

  to hope; a hope; a wish

• 愿意yuàn yìHSK 2

  to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)

• 愿yuànHSK 5

  to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing

• 失望shī wàngHSK 4

  disappointed; to lose hope; to despair

• 望wàngHSK 7

  full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards

• 渴望kě wàngHSK 5

  to thirst for; to long for

• 期望qī wàngHSK 5

  to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope

• 欲望yù wàngHSK 7

  desire; longing; appetite; craving

• 绝望jué wàngHSK 5

  to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation

• 宁愿nìng yuànHSK 7

  would rather ... (than ...)

• 自愿zì yuànHSK 5

  voluntary

• 指望zhǐ wàngHSK 7

  to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope

• 志愿者zhì yuàn zhěHSK 3

  volunteer

• 但愿dàn yuànHSK 7

  if only (sth were possible); I wish (that)

• 意愿yì yuànHSK 6

  aspiration; wish (for); desire

• 心愿xīn yuànHSK 6

  cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration

• 看望kàn wàngHSK 4

  to pay a visit to; to see (sb)

• 志愿zhì yuànHSK 3

  aspiration; ambition; to volunteer

• 情愿qíng yuànHSK 7

  willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)

• 祝愿zhù yuànHSK 6

  to wish

• 望远镜wàng yuǎn jìngHSK 7

  binoculars; telescope

• 盼望pàn wàngHSK 6

  to hope for; to look forward to

• 探望tàn wàngHSK 7

  to visit; to call on sb; to look around

• 有望yǒu wàngHSK 7

  hopeful; promising