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

(Hailu, HRS): ngien^˖ mong^˖
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngoeng⁵ morng⁵ / ngyoeng⁵ morng⁵
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): goān-bōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): nguang⁶ mo⁷

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:
    ^edit
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    願望 / 愿望
    怨望
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. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngian-mong
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngian mong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ngian⁴ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯an⁵⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: ngien^˖ mong^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ŋien³³ moŋ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngoeng⁵ morng⁵ [Phonetic: ngoeng⁴ morng⁵]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngē̤ng-mō̤ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋœŋ¹¹⁻⁴² mɒŋ¹¹/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyoeng⁵ morng⁵ [Phonetic: ngyoeng⁴ morng⁵]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyøŋ²¹⁻⁴² mɒŋ²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: goān-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: guān-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: goaxnbong
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡuan²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡuan⁴¹⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡuan²²⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡuan³³⁻¹¹ bɔŋ³³/
  - Sinological 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

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

Synonyms

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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)
期冀 (qījì) (literary)
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)

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))

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

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
願	望

Noun

願望 • (wonmang) (hangeul 원망)

hanja form^? of 원망 (“wish, desire”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
願	望

Noun

願望

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