欲望 meaning in English

yùwàng

desire; longing; appetite; craving

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 慾望22 strokes

Meaning of 欲望

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yùwàng

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

我wǒ没méi有yǒu强qiáng烈liè的de欲yù望wàng去qù学xué习xí。

I don't feel like studying.

不bú要yào把bǎ欲yù望wàng和hé爱ài情qíng混hùn为wéi一yī谈tán。

Don't confuse desire with love.

没méi有yǒu欲yù望wàng就jiù等děng于yú拥yōng有yǒu。

Not wanting is the same as having.

人rén收shōu入rù愈yù高gāo，欲yù望wàng就jiù愈yù大dà。

Men's wants become greater in proportion to the increase in their income.

广guǎng告gào商shāng最zuì基jī本běn的de工gōng作zuò就jiù是shì把bǎ人rén的de欲yù望wàng转zhuǎn化huà成chéng需xū要yào。

The basic job of an advertising agency is to figure out how to turn a desire into a need.

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Words that share a character with 欲望.

希望	xīwàng	to hope; a hope; a wish
愿望	yuànwàng	desire; wish
失望	shīwàng	disappointed; to lose hope
看望	kànwàng	to pay a visit to; to see (sb)
渴望	kěwàng	to thirst for; to long for
期望	qīwàng	to have expectations; to earnestly hope
绝望	juéwàng	to despair; to give up all hope
盼望	pànwàng	to hope for; to look forward to
食欲	shíyù	appetite
望见	wàngjiàn	to espy; to spot
指望	zhǐwàng	to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
望远镜	wàngyuǎnjìng	telescope (CL:部[bu4]); binoculars (CL:副[fu4])

What does 欲望 mean?

欲望 (yùwàng) means "desire; longing; appetite; craving" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 欲望?

欲望 is made of 2 characters: 欲 (11 strokes), 望 (11 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.

Is 欲望 an HSK word?

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

How is 欲望 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 欲望 is written 慾望.