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

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• 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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• 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

1. 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)