HSK 5 · Verbs

盼望 pànwàng “to hope for” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 盼望 means

  1. to hope for
  2. to look forward to

How to say 盼望

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale盼pàn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale望wàng4th tone, falling

盼望 in a sentence

  1. 老师和学生一样盼望假期。

    Lǎoshī hé xuésheng yíyàng pànwàng jiàqī.

    The teacher is looking forward to the holidays just as much as the students.

    Sentence #1946772 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 盼望 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 盼 (pàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
盼pànto hope for
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part
  • 分to divide · fēnSound part

目 hints at the meaning (eye); 分 (fēn) hints at the sound. Compare it with pàn.

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 盼望

盼 9 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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

Words related to 盼望

Words with 望

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

More words: Thinking & Talking

满足mǎnzú · to satisfy秘密mìmì · secret描写miáoxiě · to describe明确míngquè · clear评价píngjià · to evaluate启发qǐfā · to inspire强调qiángdiào · to emphasise (a statement)请求qǐngqiú · to request

FAQs

盼望 (pànwàng) means “to hope for” or “to look forward to”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it pànwàng: pàn with a 4th 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. 盼望 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type panwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 盼望 from the suggestions. Typing panwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
盼望 is an HSK 5 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.