願 (jyun6 | yuan4) : wish, hope, desire

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願

jyun6

yuan4

[1] [n] wish; hope; desire; aspiration
[2] [v] be willing; be ready; wish to
[3] [n] vow (made before Buddha or a god)

(Classifier(s): 個)

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 19

Level: 3

Radical: (#181)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

願 / 愿

This word has been viewed 11566 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:46

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願意 jyun6 ji3 yuan4 yi4 = to be willing (to do something)

唔甘願 m4 gam1 jyun6 = not accepting 粵

願你 jyun6 nei5 = to hope you...; hoping you...

願望 jyun6 mong6 yuan4 wang4 = wish; desire

志願 zi3 jyun6 zhi4 yuan4 = aspiration; volunteer

祝願 zuk1 jyun6 zhu4 yuan4 = to wish

自願 zi6 jyun6 zi4 yuan4 = voluntary

心願 sam1 jyun6 xin1 yuan4 = desire; goal

請願 cing2 jyun6 qing3 yuan4 = petition; to petition

意願 ji3 jyun6 yi4 yuan4 = [1] aspiration; [2] wish (for), desire
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Showing 1 example containing 願

係真嘅，我可以誓願㗎。粵
It's true I swear!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 願
Unicode code for this character: U+9858 (off-site link)

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