望
Meanings
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- 1.full moon
- 2.to hope
- 3.to expect
- 4.to visit
- 5.to gaze (into the distance)
- 6.to look towards
- 7.towards
- 1.15th day of month (lunar calendar)
- 2.old variant of 望[wàng]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to see; to watch (especially from a distance)
- 2.to look; to look at
- 3.to gaze at; to stare at
- 4.to observe; to watch
- 5.to hope; to expect
- 6.fame; reputation
- 7.location; locality
- 8.the day or night of the full moon
- 9.towards
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Etymology
Originally written 𦣠, an ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): 臣 (“eye”) + 𡈼 (“person standing on the ground”) – a person standing up and looking off into the distance. Later 月 (“moon”) was added to produce 朢. The 臣 component is now written 亡, making the current form a phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *maŋ, *maŋs): phonetic 亡 (OC *maŋ) + semantic 月 + semantic 𡈼. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mV-taŋ (“to see”). Cognate with Burmese မြင် (mrang).
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Components
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Example sentences
我望向窗外。
I looked out the window.
我望向窗外。
I looked out of the window.
你有三個願望。
You have three wishes.
她在夜晚望著月亮。
At night, she gazed at the moon.
我望著海好幾個小時。
I gazed at the sea for hours.
我會盡力滿足你的願望。
I'll try to meet your wishes.
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