HSK 6 · Emotions

渴望 kěwàng “to long for” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 渴望 means

  1. to long for
  2. to yearn for
  3. to crave
  4. to thirst for

How to say 渴望

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale渴kě3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale望wàng4th tone, falling

渴望 in a sentence

  1. 她渴望住在澳洲。

    Tā kěwàng zhù zài Àozhōu.

    She longs to live in Australia.

    Sentence #1397315 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我渴望上大学。

    Wǒ kěwàng shàng dàxué.

    I long to go to university.

    Sentence #4844791 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我渴望冒险。

    Wǒ kěwàng màoxiǎn.

    I long for adventure.

    Sentence #414444 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 渴望 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 渴 (kě) with each of its parts in a different colour
渴kěthirsty
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 曷what · héSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 曷 (hé) hints at the sound. Compare it with kě.

The character 望 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
望wàngfull moon
  • 亡death · wáng
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidA person standing gazing at the moon 月 far away: to gaze, to hope.

How to write 渴望

渴 12 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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渴望 (kěwàng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 渴望 (kěwàng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 渴望

Words with 渴

渴kě · thirsty

Words with 望

希望xīwàng · to hope失望shīwàng · disappointed盼望pànwàng · to hope for看望kànwàng · to visit愿望yuànwàng · desire探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)绝望juéwàng · to despair期望qīwàng · to expect欲望yùwàng · desire指望zhǐwàng · to count on

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

急躁jízào · impatient绝望juéwàng · to despair沮丧jǔsàng · dejected拘束jūshù · ill at ease可恶kěwù · hateful克制kèzhì · to restrain恐怖kǒngbù · terror恐惧kǒngjù · fear

FAQs

渴望 (kěwàng) means “to long for” or “to yearn for”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it kěwàng: kě with a 3rd tone, then wàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 渴望 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type kewang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 渴望 from the suggestions. Typing kewang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
渴望 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.