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盼

pàn
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

Definitions

  1. 1. to hope for
  2. 2. to long for
  3. 3. to expect

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Character focus

Stroke order

9 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
绝望
jué wàng

to despair

表示失去希望

Related words

1 item
期待
qī dài

to look forward to

指期望等待某事发生

Synonyms

2 items
希望
xī wàng

to wish for

表示一般的期望，用法更广
渴望
kě wàng

to thirst for

表示迫切地希望，程度更深

Usage notes

Collocations

常与“早日期盼”“盼星星盼月亮”搭配，表达急切的期盼。

Common mistakes

“盼”不能带小句宾语，不能说“我盼他早点来”，应说“我盼着他早点来”或“我希望他早点来”。

Example Sentences

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她左顧右 盼 。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 348451)

Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.

Words Containing 盼

左顾右盼
zuǒ gù yòu pàn

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

期盼
qī pàn

to expect; to await

盼望
pàn wàng

to hope for

企盼
qǐ pàn

to expect

切盼
qiè pàn

to look forward eagerly to sth

奢盼
shē pàn

an extravagant hope

盼星星盼月亮
pàn xīng xīng pàn yuè liàng

to wish for the stars and the moon

盼睐
pàn lài

your favors

盼复
pàn fù

expecting your reply (epistolary style)

盼头
pàn tou

hopes

翘盼
qiáo pàn

to long for

顾盼
gù pàn

(literary) to look around

顾盼自雄
gù pàn zì xióng

to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)