HSK 5 · Emotions

愿望 yuànwàng “desire” in Chinese

Traditional 願望

What 愿望 means

  1. desire
  2. wish

How to say 愿望

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale愿yuàn4th 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

愿望 in a sentence

  1. 希望我的愿望能够实现。

    Xīwàng wǒ de yuànwàng nénggòu shíxiàn.

    I hope my wish comes true.

    Sentence #398682 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我会尽力满足你的愿望。

    Wǒ huì jìnlì mǎnzú nǐ de yuànwàng.

    I’ll do my best to fulfil your wishes.

    Sentence #852186 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 她有一个很大的愿望，就是环游世界。

    Tā yǒu yí ge hěn dà de yuànwàng, jiùshì huányóu shìjiè.

    She has one big wish: to travel around the world.

    Sentence #13523741 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 愿望 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 愿 (yuàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
愿yuànhonest and prudent
  • 原source · yuánSound part
  • 心heart · xīnMeaning part

心 hints at the meaning (heart); 原 (yuán) hints at the sound. Compare it with yuàn.

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 愿望

愿 14 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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

Words related to 愿望

Words with 愿

愿意yuànyì · be willing自愿zìyuàn · voluntary志愿者zhìyuànzhě · volunteer宁愿nìngyuàn · would rather心甘情愿xīngānqíngyuàn · willingly

Words with 望

希望xīwàng · to hope失望shīwàng · disappointed盼望pànwàng · to hope for看望kànwàng · to visit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: Emotions & Attitudes

心理xīnlǐ · psychology幸运xìngyùn · fortunate遗憾yíhàn · regret勇气yǒngqì · courage运气yùnqi · luck (good or bad)在乎zàihu · to care about珍惜zhēnxī · to treasure自豪zìháo · proud (of an achievement)

FAQs

愿望 (yuànwàng) means “desire” or “wish”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yuànwàng: yuàn 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 愿望 is written 願望. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yuanwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 愿望 from the suggestions. Typing yuanwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
愿望 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.