Chinese word

盼望

Pronunciation

Pinyinpàn wàng

Meaning

  • verblook forward to

Example

我一直盼望你的消息。wǒ yì zhí pàn wàng nǐ de xiāo xī

I have always looked forward to hearing from you.

Illustration for 盼望 (look forward to)

More examples

战后，民众普遍盼望国家早日恢复和平与安宁。zhàn hòu mín zhòng pǔ biàn pàn wàng guó jiā zǎo rì huī fù hé píng yǔ ān níng

After the war, people generally hoped that the country would soon regain peace and tranquility.

Core concept

A steady gaze toward a desired future, carrying both hope and patient waiting.

Common phrases

  • 盼望和平pàn wàng hé píng

    look forward to peace

  • 盼望安宁pàn wàng ān níng

    look forward to tranquility

  • 盼望未来pàn wàng wèi lái

    look forward to the future

Similar words

希望xī wàng: Hope for a certain result or situation to occur.
期待qī dài: Wait with eager anticipation for something expected to happen in the future.
渴望kě wàng: Desire something very deeply and intensely.
期盼qī pàn: Wait eagerly and hopefully for a desired person, event, or outcome.

Definition in Chinese

对未来某事或某人抱有切切的期待，含有渴望和持续等待的成分。duì wèi lái mǒu shì huò mǒu rén bào yǒu qiè qiè de qī dài hán yǒu kě wàng hé chí xù děng dài de chéng fèn

Word origin

As a compound, 盼 (pàn, "to hope for") + 望 (wàng, "to look toward") combines eager desire with sustained looking ahead, giving the word its sense of persistent expectation.

Usage tips

  • In everyday Chinese, the desired person, news, or event normally follows the verb directly, without an English-style preposition introducing the object.

Other meanings

  • hope forverb
  • long forverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 盼头pàn tousomething to look forward tonoun

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