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愿望 yuànwàng

愿望 yuànwàng Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 愿望 yuànwàng .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yuànwàng | yuan4 wang4
English translation
desire
wish

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About 愿望 yuànwàng

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Traditional form

願望

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí
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Etymology of 愿望 yuànwàng

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yuàn

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. xīn represents the meaning and yuán represents the sound. In simplified Chinese yuàn is also used to mean "hope; wish", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character yuàn .

Phonetic compound

yuán

Semantic compound

xīn

Positional decomposition

原心

Number of Strokes

14
wàng

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person standing up (𡈼) and gazing at the moon ( yuè ). wáng is a sound component that was added later.

Positional decomposition

⿱⿰亡月王

Number of Strokes

11

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Example sentences using 愿望 yuànwàng

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改善 gǎishàn 自己 zìjǐ 境况 jìng kuàng de 愿望 yuànwàng rén jiē yǒu zhī .

In every human being there is a wish to ameliorate his own condition.

瑞秋 de 愿望 yuànwàng dōu xiǎng hǎo le .

Rachel had her wish list in place.

离别 lí bié 促进 cùjìn le xiǎng 夏绿重逢 chóng féng de 愿望 yuànwàng , 消除 xiāochú 了她 duì 柯林斯 Kē lín sī 先生 Xiānsheng de 厌恶 yànwù .

Absence had increased her desire of seeing Charlotte again, and weakened her disgust of Mr. Collins.

Xiàng 父母 fù mǔ 坦言 tǎn yán le 自己 zìjǐ xiǎng 演戏 yǎn xì de 愿望 yuànwàng

She confessed to her parents her desire to act.

改善 gǎishàn 自己 zìjǐ 境况 jìng kuàng de 愿望 yuànwàng 人皆有之

Everyone wishes to ameliorate his own condition .

愿望 yuànwàng Decomposition

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愿望 yuànwàng Compounds

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