絕望

See also: 絶望 and 绝望

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (絕望)		絕	望
simp. (绝望)		绝	望

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéwàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ mong⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhie̍t-mong
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-bōng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoh⁸ mo⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: juéwàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄤˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuewanq
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéwàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ mong⁶
    • Yale: jyuht mohng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ mong⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ mong⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːt̚² mɔːŋ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhie̍t-mong
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied mong
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁶ mong⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯et̚⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-bōng
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-bōng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoadbong
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻²² bɔŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zoh⁸ mo⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tso̍h mō
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʔ⁴⁻² mo¹¹/

Verb

絕望

1. to despair; to give up hope; to be desperate

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 絕望

• 喪氣／丧气 (sàngqì)
• 嘔興／呕兴 (Min Nan)
• 失望 (shīwàng)
• 慼心／戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Min Nan)
• 掃興／扫兴 (sǎoxìng)
• 敗興／败兴 (bàixìng)
• 死空 (Min Nan)
• 死窟 (Min Nan)

• 死蕩蕩／死荡荡 (Min Nan)
• 氣餒／气馁 (qìněi)
• 洩勁／泄劲 (xièjìn)
• 洩氣／泄气 (xièqì)
• 灰心 (huīxīn)
• 無望／无望 (wúwàng)
• 絕／绝 (jué) (literary, or in compounds)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
絕	望
ぜつ Hyōgaiji	ぼう Grade: 4
on’yomi

Noun

絕(ぜつ)望(ぼう) • (zetsubō)  (kyūjitai, shinjitai 絶望)

1. Kyūjitai form of 絶望 (despair; hopelessness)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
絕	望

Noun

絕望 • (jeolmang) (hangeul 절망)

1. Hanja form^? of 절망 (“despair”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
絕	望

Adjective

絕望

1. Hán tự form of tuyệt vọng (“desperate”).