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希望

希望

Chinese

rare; infrequent
 
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
simp. and trad.
(希望)

Noun

希望

  1. hope; wish (feeling of desire for something to happen)
    希望工程   xīwàng gōngchéng   Project Hope
  2. hope (a person or thing that may help someone)
    惟一希望 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Nǐ shì wǒ wéiyī de xīwàng. [Pinyin]
    You are my only hope.

Verb

希望

  1. to hope; to wish
    希望明天 / 希望明天   Xīwàng nǐ míngtiān néng lái.   I hope you can come tomorrow.
    希望沒有 [MSC, trad.]
    希望没有 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīwàng méiyǒu ràng nín děng tài jiǔ. [Pinyin]
    I hope I didn't make you wait too long.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (希望):

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Noun

希望 (hiragana きぼう, romaji kibō)

  1. hope

Verb

希望する (transitive, hiragana きぼうする, romaji kibō suru)

  1. hope

Conjugation


Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

希望 (huimang) (hangeul 희망)

  1. Hanja form? of 희망, “hope”.

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word

Noun

希望

  1. Hán tự form of hi vọng, “hope