希望

Chinese

to hope; rare; infrequent
 
hope; expect; to visit
hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (希望) 希 望
simp. #(希望) 希 望

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 希 望 望
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32) 明 (4) 明 (4)
Final (韻) 微 (20) 陽 (106) 陽 (106)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Closed Closed
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 香衣切 武方切 巫放切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/hɨi/ /mʉɐŋ/ /mʉɐŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/hɨi/ /mʷiɐŋ/ /mʷiɐŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/xiəi/ /miuɑŋ/ /miuɑŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hɨj/ /muaŋ/ /muaŋH/
Li
Rong
/xiəi/ /miuaŋ/ /miuaŋH/
Wang
Li
/xĭəi/ /mĭwaŋ/ /mĭwaŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/xe̯i/ /miwaŋ/ /miwaŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xī wáng wàng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
hei1 mong4 mong6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 希 望 望
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xī wàng wàng
Middle
Chinese
‹ xjɨj › ‹ mjang › ‹ mjangH ›
Old
Chinese
/*qʰəj/ /*maŋ/ /*maŋ-s/
English thin, sparse 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 希 望 望
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2
No. 13250 12667 12686
Phonetic
component
希 亡 亡
Rime
group
微 陽 陽
Rime
subdivision
1 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
希 亡 妄
Old
Chinese
/*hlɯl/ /*maŋ/ /*maŋs/

Noun

希望

  1. hope; wish (feeling of desire for something to happen)
    希望工程  ―  xīwàng gōngchéng  ―  Project Hope
    所有的希望都破滅了。 [MSC, trad.]
    所有的希望都破灭了。 [MSC, simp.]
    Suǒyǒu de xīwàng dōu pòmiè le. [Pinyin]
    All hope was lost.
  2. hope (a person or thing that may help someone)
    你是我唯一的希望。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Nǐ shì wǒ wéiyī de xīwàng. [Pinyin]
    You are my only hope.
    我看不到希望,找不到出路。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    Wǒ kàn bù dào xīwàng, zhǎo bù dào chūlù. [Pinyin]
    I can't see any hope — and I can't find a way out.

Synonyms

  • (hope):

Verb

希望

  1. to hope; to wish
    希望你明天能來。/希望你明天能来。  ―  Xīwàng nǐ míngtiān néng lái.  ―  I hope you can come tomorrow.
    希望沒有讓您等太久。 [MSC, trad.]
    希望没有让您等太久。 [MSC, simp.]
    Xīwàng méiyǒu ràng nín děng tài jiǔ. [Pinyin]
    I hope I didn't make you wait too long.
    希望你一切都好。  ―  Xīwàng nǐ yīqiè dōu hǎo.  ―  Wish you all the best.
    希望你能早點好。/希望你能早点好。  ―  Xīwàng nǐ néng zǎodiǎn hǎo.  ―  Get well soon.
    她希望能夠在學術史上留名。 [MSC, trad.]
    她希望能够在学术史上留名。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā xīwàng nénggòu zài xuéshùshǐ shàng liúmíng. [Pinyin]
    She hopes to be able to make a name for herself in the history of scholarship.
  2. (literary) to look up
  3. (literary) to cater to

Synonyms

  • (to hope):

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (希望):
  • → Japanese: 希(き)望(ぼう) (kibō)
  • → Korean: 희망(希望) (huimang)
  • → Vietnamese: hi vọng (希望)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
希 望
き
Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 4
kan’on
Alternative spelling
冀望 (rare)

Pronunciation

Noun

希(き)望(ぼう) • (kibō) ←きばう (kibau)?

  1. hope (expectations)
    希望(きぼう)を失(うしな)う ― kibō o ushinau ― to lose hope
    希望(きぼう)を与(あた)える ― kibō o ataeru ― to give someone hope
  2. wish; hope; desire
    Synonyms: 願い (negai), 望み (nozomi)
    希望(きぼう)が叶(かな)う ― kibō ga kanau ― a wish comes true
  3. (with ordinals (第)) that which one hopes for
    第一(だいいち)希望(きぼう)の大学(だいがく)
    dai-ichi kibō no daigaku
    first choice for university

Verb

希(き)望(ぼう)する • (kibō suru) ←きばう (kibau)?transitive suru (stem 希(き)望(ぼう)し (kibō shi), past 希(き)望(ぼう)した (kibō shita))

  1. to wish for; to hope for
    参加(さんか)を希望(きぼう)します。
    Sanka o kibō shimasu.
    I hope for your participation.
Conjugation
Derived terms

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Various nanori and irregular readings.

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
希 望
き
Grade: 4
ぼう
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Kanji in this term
希 望
き
Grade: 4
み
Grade: 4
on’yomi nanori
Kanji in this term
希 望
のぞ
Grade: 4
み
Grade: 4
nanori

希(き)望(ぼう) or 希(き)望(み) or 希望(きらり) or 希望(なるみ) or 希(のぞ)望(み) or 希望(のの) or 希望(ゆめ) • (Kibō or Kimi or Kirari or Narumi or Nozomi or Nono or Yume) 

  1. a female given name


希望(のぞむ) • (Nozomu) 

  1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja in this term
希望

Noun

希望 • (huimang) (hangeul 희망)

  1. Hanja form? of 희망 (“hope”).

Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
希望

Noun

希望

  1. chữ Hán form of hi vọng (“hope”).

Verb

希望

  1. chữ Hán form of hi vọng (“to hope”).
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