遠望

See also: 远望

Chinese

		far; distant; remote	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (遠望)		遠	望
simp. (远望)		远	望
anagram		望遠／望远

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): yuǎnwàng

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁵ mong⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): oán-bōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yuǎnwàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄢˇ ㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: yuǎnwàng
  - Wade–Giles: yüan³-wang⁴
  - Yale: ywǎn-wàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeuanwanq
  - Palladius: юаньван (juanʹvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ wɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁵ mong⁶
  - Yale: yúhn mohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁵ mong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁵ mong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn¹³ mɔːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: oán-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: uán-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: oafnbong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /uan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /uan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /uan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ bɔŋ³³/

Middle Chinese: hjwonX mjang|mjangH

Rime
Character	遠	望	望
Reading #	1/2	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	云 (35)	明 (4)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	陽 (106)	陽 (106)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	雲阮切	武方切	巫放切
Baxter	hjwonX	mjang	mjangH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦʉɐn^X/	/mʉɐŋ/	/mʉɐŋ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦʷiɐn^X/	/mʷiɐŋ/	/mʷiɐŋ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣiuɐn^X/	/miuɑŋ/	/miuɑŋ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦuan^X/	/muaŋ/	/muaŋ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣiuɐn^X/	/miuaŋ/	/miuaŋ^H/
Wang Li	/ɣĭwɐn^X/	/mĭwaŋ/	/mĭwaŋ^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/i̯wɐn^X/	/miwaŋ/	/miwaŋ^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yuǎn	wáng	wàng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jyun⁵	mong⁴	mong⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*C.ɢʷanʔ maŋ|maŋ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷanʔ maŋ|maŋs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	遠	望	望
Reading #	1/1	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yuǎn	wàng	wàng
Middle Chinese	‹ hjwon^X ›	‹ mjang ›	‹ mjang^H ›
Old Chinese	/*C.ɢʷanʔ/	/*maŋ/	/*maŋ-s/
English	far	look at from a distance	look at from a distance
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	遠	望	望
Reading #	1/2	1/2	2/2
No.	16226	12667	12686
Phonetic component	袁	亡	亡
Rime group	元	陽	陽
Rime subdivision	1	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	遠	亡	妄
Old Chinese	/*ɢʷanʔ/	/*maŋ/	/*maŋs/

Verb

遠望

(literary) to look off into the distance

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (遠望):

→ Japanese: 遠望(えんぼう) (enbō)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
遠	望
えん Grade: 2	ぼう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) えんぼー [èńbóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ẽ̞mbo̞ː]

Noun

遠(えん)望(ぼう) • (enbō) ^{←ゑんばう (wenbau)^?}

looking off into the distance

Verb

遠(えん)望(ぼう)する • (enbō suru) ^{←ゑんばう (wenbau)^?}suru (stem 遠(えん)望(ぼう)し (enbō shi), past 遠(えん)望(ぼう)した (enbō shita))

to look off into the distance

Conjugation

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

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“遠望”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026