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11		ㄨㄤˋ [wang4] .Homophone
A Chinese Talking Syllabary of the Cantonese Dialect
N(1)  The day of full moon, the fifteenth day of the lunar month: 朔望 1st and 15th day of the lunar month;
既望 the 16th day.
(2)  Reputation, fame, prestige: 名望，聲望 ditto;
人望，威望 prestige.
(3)  Hope, expectation: 盼望，希望，冀望 hope;
願望 wish;
期望 expectation;
無望 hopeless;
絕望 despair;
喜出望外 happy beyond expectations.
V(1)  To hope, expect, wish (see N. 3↑): 渴望 hope anxiously;
望巴巴 hope and wait anxiously;
所望 what one hopes for.
(2)  To look up (at moon), look over or gaze into distance, to glance at (valley, clouds, the sea) sentimentally: 仰望 look up in hope;
望遠鏡 [wang4yUan3jing4]↓;
望而生畏 inspire awe even from distance;
望洋興歎 view with despair the vast ocean or vast work to be done;
望梅止渴 (allu.) look at plums to quench thirst, Barmecide's feast, imagined satisfaction;
望風 [wang4feng1]↓;
望雲 gaze at the clouds and think of distant friends;
望塵莫及 to fall so far behind in comparison as unable even to see the dust of the rider ahead.
(3)  To visit, inspect: 觀望 to observe, stand aside and not make up one's mind;
探望 to visit (friend, etc.).
(4)  To approach: 望七(望八)之年 approaching seventy (eighty).
PrepToward: 望前走 go forward;
望後退 retreat backward;
see 往91B.11, Prep.
Words1.望長 [wang4chang2], phr., 望長久遠 to plan for permanent future. 
2.望風 [wang4feng1], phr., (1)  stand facing the wind and feel (remembrance, etc.); (2)  望風而逃 to run away at rumor of approach; (3)  to admire (great leader) and wish to follow. 
3.望候 [wang4hou4], v.t., to send greetings. 
4.望看 [wang4kan0], v.t., to pay respects. 
5.望門 (兒) 寡 [wang4men2]([wang4merer0])-[gua3], n., (coll.) widow who remains unmarried after fianc* dies; 望門兒妨 (coll.) man who remains unmarried after fiancée dies. 
6.望日 [wang4ri4], n., the 15th day of lunar month. 
7.望鄉臺 [wang4xiang1tai2], n., terrace in hell where the deceased can see their homes in the distance. 
8.望視 [wang4shi4], v.i., (AC) to look upwards (of a hunchback). 
9.望天兒 [wang4tia1er0], n., a kind of goldfish with protruding eyes. 
10.望子 [wang4zi0], n., corruption of 幌子 22B.70, a flagpole as sign of wine shop. 
11.望族 [wang4zu2], n., respected clan. 
12.望望 [wang4wang4], (1)  adv., as in 望望然去之 depart with a look of disappointment or embarrassment; (2)  ([wang4wang0]) v.i., to drop in at friend's place. 
13.望遠鏡 [wang4yUan3jing4], n., telescope, field glass, opera glass; 雙眼望遠鏡 binocular. 
14.望雲 [wang4yUn2], phr., (1)  to gaze at clouds (and think of s.o.); (2)  (allu.) to think of parents.