無望

Chinese

		not have	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (無望)		無	望
simp. (无望)		无	望

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúwàng

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mou⁴ mong⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bô-bāng / bû-bōng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wúwàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wúwàng
  - Wade–Giles: wu²-wang⁴
  - Yale: wú-wàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wuwanq
  - Palladius: уван (uvan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    無妄／无妄
    無望／无望
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mou⁴ mong⁶
  - Yale: mòuh mohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mou⁴ mong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: mou⁴ mong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mou̯²¹ mɔːŋ²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bô-bāng
  - Tâi-lô: bô-bāng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: boi'bang
  - IPA (Taipei): /bo²⁴⁻¹¹ baŋ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bo²⁴⁻²² baŋ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bo¹³⁻²² baŋ²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɤ²³⁻³³ baŋ³³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bo²⁴⁻²² baŋ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bû-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: bû-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: bu'bong
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bu²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /bu²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bu¹³⁻²² bɔŋ²²/

Verb

無望

to be hopeless; to be without hope; to be without prospects
- 不擊破這些反動思想，抗戰的勝利是無望的。 [MSC, trad.]
  不击破这些反动思想，抗战的胜利是无望的。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Bù jīpò zhèxiē fǎndòng sīxiǎng, kàngzhàn de shènglì shì wúwàng de. [Pinyin]
  Unless these reactionary ideas are crushed, there will be no hope of victory.

Synonyms

喪氣／丧气
嘔興／呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
失望 (shīwàng)
慼心／戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
掃興／扫兴
敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
死空 (Hokkien)
死窟 (Hokkien)
死蕩蕩／死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
氣餒／气馁 (qìněi)
洩勁／泄劲 (xièjìn)
洩氣／泄气 (xièqì)
灰心 (huīxīn)
絕望／绝望 (juéwàng)

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