願望

See also: 愿望

Chinese

		hope; wish; desire hope; wish; desire; ready; willing	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (願望)		願	望
simp. (愿望)		愿	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yuànwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁶ mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngien-mong / ngian-mong
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): goān-bōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁶ mo⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yuànwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˋ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yuànwàng
    • Wade–Giles: yüan⁴-wang⁴
    • Yale: ywàn-wàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yuannwanq
    • Palladius: юаньван (juanʹvan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ wɑŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jyun⁶ mong⁶
    • Yale: yuhn mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁶ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yun⁶ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²² mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngien-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngien mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯en⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngian mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goān-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: guān-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: goaxnbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡuan³³⁻²¹ bɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: nguang⁶ mo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: nguăng mō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋuaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ mo¹¹/

Noun

願望

1. wish; desire; aspiration (Classifier: 個／个)

Synonyms

• 希冀 (xījì) (literary)
• 希望 (xīwàng)
• 心願／心愿 (xīnyuàn)
• 志意 (zhìyì) (literary)
• 志願／志愿 (zhìyuàn)
• 想兒／想儿 (xiǎngr) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 意願／意愿 (yìyuàn)
• 慾望／欲望 (yùwàng)
• 指望 (zhǐwàng)
• 期望 (qīwàng)
• 祈願／祈愿 (qíyuàn)
• 願／愿 (yuàn)

 

Derived terms

• 願望清單／愿望清单 (yuànwàng qīngdān)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
願	望
がん Grade: 4	ぼう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) がんぼー [gàńbóó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɡã̠mbo̞ː]

Noun

願(がん)望(ぼう) • (ganbō) 

1. wish, hope
   • 1939, 三木清, 思索者の日記:

     つまり自然(しぜん)の死(し)、極(きわ)めて日常的(にちじょうてき)に死(し)ぬることが日本人(にほんじん)の願望(がんぼう)なのである。

     Tsumari shizen no shi, kiwamete nichijōteki ni shinuru koto ga nihon-jin no ganbō na no de aru.

     In short, Japanese people's hope is to have a natural and completely ordinary death.

Verb

願(がん)望(ぼう)する • (ganbō suru) transitive suru (stem 願(がん)望(ぼう)し (ganbō shi), past 願(がん)望(ぼう)した (ganbō shita))

1. to wish, to desire
   • 1935, 太宰治, 逆行:

     誇張(こちょう)でなしに、相手(あいて)を殺(ころ)したいと願望(がんぼう)したからである。

     Kochō de nashi ni, aite o koroshitai to ganbō shita kara de aru.

     To say that he wished he could kill his opponent would be no exaggeration.

Conjugation

Conjugation of "願望する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	願望し	がんぼうし	ganbō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	願望し	がんぼうし	ganbō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	願望する	がんぼうする	ganbō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	願望する	がんぼうする	ganbō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	願望すれ	がんぼうすれ	ganbō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	願望せよ¹ 願望しろ²	がんぼうせよ¹ がんぼうしろ²	ganbō seyo¹ ganbō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	願望される	がんぼうされる	ganbō sareru
Causative	願望させる 願望さす	がんぼうさせる がんぼうさす	ganbō saseru ganbō sasu
Potential	願望できる	がんぼうできる	ganbō dekiru
Volitional	願望しよう	がんぼうしよう	ganbō shiyō
Negative	願望しない	がんぼうしない	ganbō shinai
Negative continuative	願望せず	がんぼうせず	ganbō sezu
Formal	願望します	がんぼうします	ganbō shimasu
Perfective	願望した	がんぼうした	ganbō shita
Conjunctive	願望して	がんぼうして	ganbō shite
Hypothetical conditional	願望すれば	がんぼうすれば	ganbō sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
願	望

Noun

願望 • (wonmang) (hangeul 원망)

1. Hanja form^? of 원망 (“wish, desire”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
願	望

Noun

願望

1. chữ Hán form of nguyện vọng (“hope; aspiration”).