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wàng = w + ang4
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards
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wàng = w + ang4
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望[wang4]
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How to pronounce 望

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= w initial

Wu is for Willy Walrus.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ ang4 final

In the anglepod’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

望 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
wáng = w + ang2
to die / to lose / to be gone / to flee / deceased
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wáng = w + ang2
old variant of 亡[wang2]
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yuè = yu + e4
moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]
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wáng = w + ang2
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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wàng = w + ang4
to rule / to reign over
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Characters with 望 as component

望 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 望

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to wish for / to desire / hope / CL:個|个[ge4]
disappointed / to lose hope / to despair
to hope for sth / to count on / hope

Sentences with 望

wàng
wàn
suì
wéi
lǎo
chén
zuò
zhǔ

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wàng

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