HSK 6 · Ideas

展望 zhǎnwàng “outlook” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 展望 means

  1. outlook
  2. prospect
  3. to look ahead
  4. to look forward to

How to say 展望

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale展zhǎn3rd 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

展望 in a sentence

  1. 展望未来！

    Zhǎnwàng wèilái!

    Let’s look to the future!

    Sentence #12615500 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 展望 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 展 (zhǎn) drawn as one shape
展zhǎnto spread out

展 is a single shape of 10 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

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 展望

展 10 strokes · 望 11 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 展望

Words with 展

发展fāzhǎn · development展开zhǎnkāi · to unfold展览zhǎnlǎn · to put on display开展kāizhǎn · to launch施展shīzhǎn · to make full use of展示zhǎnshì · to display展现zhǎnxiàn · to show进展jìnzhǎn · progress

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渴望kěwàng · to long for期望qīwàng · to expect欲望yùwàng · desire

More words: Ideas & Concepts

障碍zhàng'ài · obstacle沾光zhānguāng · to benefit from association with others战略zhànlüè · strategy战术zhànshù · tactics正气zhèngqì · integrity争先恐后zhēngxiānkǒnghòu · to compete eagerly真理zhēnlǐ · truth真相zhēnxiàng · the truth

FAQs

展望 (zhǎnwàng) means “outlook” or “prospect”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it zhǎnwàng: zhǎn 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. 展望 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhanwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 展望 from the suggestions. Typing zhanwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
展望 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.