Hope in Chinese
to hope · HSK 2
希望
- 希 to hope
- 望 to look
Counted with 个: 一个希望
我希望明天不下雨。 I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.
Other ways to say hope
More words with 希 or 望
How do you say hope in Chinese?
Hope in Chinese is 希望 (xī wàng). You can also say 期望 (qī wàng), 期 (qī), 愿 (yuàn), 望 (wàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.