仰望

Chinese

		look up	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (仰望)		仰	望
simp. #(仰望)		仰	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǎngwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): joeng⁵ mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngióng-mong
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gióng-bōng / giáng-bōng
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnian-waon

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǎngwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄤˇ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǎngwàng
    • Wade–Giles: yang³-wang⁴
    • Yale: yǎng-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeangwanq
    • Palladius: янван (janvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: joeng⁵ mong⁶
    • Yale: yéuhng mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joeng⁵ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêng⁵ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jœːŋ¹³ mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngióng-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiong^ˋ mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiong³ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯oŋ³¹ moŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gióng-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: gióng-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giofngbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɔŋ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: giáng-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: giáng-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giafngbong
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiaŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnian-waon
    • MiniDict: nyan^去 waon
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyian-hhuaan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲiã²² ɦuɑ̃⁴⁴/

Verb

仰望

1. to look up; to look to the sky; to gaze up into

   仰望蒼穹／仰望苍穹  ―  yǎngwàng cāngqióng  ―  to gaze up into the sky

2. (figurative) to look up to; to admire; to respect
3. (figurative) to rely on; to depend on

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to look up”): 俯看 (fǔkàn), 俯瞰 (fǔkàn), 俯視／俯视 (fǔshì), 鳥瞰／鸟瞰 (niǎokàn)