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希望
希望
Chinese
| rare; infrequent | hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
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simp. and trad. (希望) |
希 | 望 | |
Noun
希望
- hope; wish (feeling of desire for something to happen)
- 希望工程 ― xīwàng gōngchéng ― Project Hope
- hope (a person or thing that may help someone)
Verb
希望
Descendants
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 希 | 望 |
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き Grade: 4 |
ぼう Grade: 4 |
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Noun
希望 (hiragana きぼう, romaji kibō)
Verb
希望する (transitive, hiragana きぼうする, romaji kibō suru)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "希望する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 希望し | きぼうし | kibō shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 希望し | きぼうし | kibō shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 希望する | きぼうする | kibō suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 希望する | きぼうする | kibō suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 希望すれ | きぼうすれ | kibō sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 希望せよ¹ 希望しろ² |
きぼうせよ¹ きぼうしろ² |
kibō seyo¹ kibō shiro² |
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| Passive | 希望される | きぼうされる | kibō sareru | |
| Causative | 希望させる 希望さす |
きぼうさせる きぼうさす |
kibō saseru kibō sasu |
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| Potential | 希望できる | きぼうできる | kibō dekiru | |
| Volitional | 希望しよう | きぼうしよう | kibō shiyō | |
| Negative | 希望しない | きぼうしない | kibō shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 希望せず | きぼうせず | kibō sezu | |
| Formal | 希望します | きぼうします | kibō shimasu | |
| Perfective | 希望した | きぼうした | kibō shita | |
| Conjunctive | 希望して | きぼうして | kibō shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 希望すれば | きぼうすれば | kibō sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hei1 mong6
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hî-mong
- Min Dong (BUC): hĭ-uông
- Min Nan (POJ): hi-bāng / hi-bōng
- Wu (Wiktionary): xi vaan (T1)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄨㄤˋ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiwanq
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ u̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: hei1 mong6
- Yale: hēi mohng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hei1 mong6
- IPA (key): /hei̯⁵⁵ mɔːŋ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hî-mong
- Hakka Romanization System: hi´ mong
- Hagfa Pinyim: hi1 mong4
- IPA: /hi²⁴⁻¹¹ moŋ⁵⁵/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: hĭ-uông
- IPA (key): /hi⁵⁵⁻⁵³ uɔŋ²⁴²/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hi-bāng / hi-bōng
- Tâi-lô: hi-bāng / hi-bōng
- Phofsit Daibuun: hi'bang, hi'bong
- IPA (Xiamen): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² baŋ²²/, /hi⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hi³³ baŋ⁴¹/, /hi³³ bɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hi⁴⁴⁻²² baŋ²²/, /hi⁴⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ baŋ³³/, /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ baŋ³³/, /hi⁴⁴⁻³³ bɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: xi vaan (T1)
- IPA (key): /ɕi⁵⁵ v̻ɑ̃²¹/
- (Shanghainese)