展望
Old HSK 6
展望 (zhǎnwàng) · to look ahead
展望 (zhǎnwàng) means “to look ahead; outlook”. It is written with 2 characters: 展 (to open) + 望 (to expect). It is an old HSK 6 word (HSK 2.0).
How 展望 is built
The characters
展 zhǎn · to open
What 展 is made of
- 尸shī — body
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 衣yī — cloth
Origin hint: Laying out clothes 㠭 for sale in a market 尸; compare 㠭 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
望 wàng · to expect
What 望 is made of
- 亡wáng — death
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
- 月yuè — moon; month
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A king 王 gazing at the moon 月; 亡 provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
让我们一起展望未来。Ràng wǒmen yìqǐ zhǎnwàng wèilái.Let's look ahead to the future together.
校长在讲话中展望了学校的发展。Xiàozhǎng zài jiǎnghuà zhōng zhǎnwàng le xuéxiào de fāzhǎn.In his speech, the principal looked ahead to the school's development.
Questions about 展望
What does 展望 mean?
展望 (zhǎnwàng) means “to look ahead; outlook”.
How do you pronounce 展望?
展望 is pronounced zhǎnwàng.
Which HSK level is 展望?
展望 is in Old HSK 6.
Related words
- 发展fāzhǎnto develop
- 进展jìnzhǎnprogress
- 开展kāizhǎnto launch
- 展开zhǎnkāito unfold
- 扩展kuòzhǎnto expand
- 展览zhǎnlǎnexhibition
- 施展shīzhǎnto make full use of
- 展示zhǎnshìto show
- 展现zhǎnxiànto show
- 希望xīwàngto hope
Learn 展望 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 6 · Group 228: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.