指望 meaning in English

zhǐwàng

to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope

HSK 7-9verbnoun20 strokes

Meaning of 指望

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

zhǐwàng
  1. to count on; to hope for
  2. prospect; hope

指望 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

我wǒ指zhǐ望wàng你nǐ的de帮bāng助zhù。
I'm counting on your help.
我wǒ就jiù指zhǐ望wàng你nǐ了le。
I'm counting on you.
我wǒ指zhǐ望wàng你nǐ了le。
I am counting on you.
我wǒ们men不bù指zhǐ望wàng汤tāng姆mǔ能néng活huó得de更gèng久jiǔ。
We don't expect Tom to live much longer.
我wǒ不bù指zhǐ望wàng从cóng你nǐ身shēn上shàng得dé到dào什shén么me。
I don't expect anything from you.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

指 zhǐ · finger · 9 strokes

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  9. 9

望 wàng · full moon · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 指望.

希望xīwàngto hope; a hope; a wish
手指shǒuzhǐfinger
愿望yuànwàngdesire; wish
指导zhǐdǎoto guide; to direct; to instruct; coach; trainer
指出zhǐchūto indicate; to point out
失望shīwàngdisappointed; to lose hope
指挥zhǐhuīto conduct; to command
看望kànwàngto pay a visit to; to see (sb)
渴望kěwàngto thirst for; to long for
指示zhǐshìto point out; to indicate
期望qīwàngto have expectations; to earnestly hope
绝望juéwàngto despair; to give up all hope

Questions about 指望

What does 指望 mean?

指望 (zhǐwàng) means "to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope" and is used as a verb and noun.

How do you write 指望?

指望 is made of 2 characters: 指 (9 strokes), 望 (11 strokes). That is 20 strokes in total.

Is 指望 an HSK word?

Yes. 指望 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.