望
wàng HSK3

to look at

望 wàng frequency
gaze verb
to gaze into the distance or look towards something

他站在山顶向远处望。

tā zhàn zài shān​dǐng xiàng yuǎn​chù wàng.

He stood on the mountaintop looking into the distance.

hope verb
to hope or expect something to happen

大家都望你早日康复。

dà​jiā dōu wàng nǐ zǎo​rì kāng​fù.

Everyone hopes for your speedy recovery.

visit verb
to visit or pay a call on someone

过年了，他打算回老家望望家里的亲戚。

guò​nián le, tā dǎ​suàn huí lǎo​jiā wàng wàng jiā​lǐ de qīn​qi.

Since it's the New Year, he plans to go back to his hometown to visit his relatives.

full moon verb
the 15th day of the lunar month

今夜正值望日，窗外的月色显得格外明亮。

jīn​yè zhèng​zhí wàng rì, chuāng wài de yuè​sè xiǎn​de gé​wài míng​liàng.

Tonight is the full moon, and the moonlight outside the window is exceptionally bright.

towards verb
in the direction of; towards

请望前走，不要回头。

qǐng wàng qián zǒu, bù yào huí​tóu.

Please walk forward and don't look back.

望 (朢) wàng
15th lunar day verb
15th day of month (lunar calendar)

按照当地的规矩，每逢望日都要全家聚餐。

àn​zhào dāng​dì de guī​ju, měi féng wàng rì dōu yào quán​jiā jù​cān.

According to local custom, the whole family gathers for a meal on every full moon day.

Frequency
Character
Written text
326th most common 688.1 per million
Movie subtitles
224th most common 785.4 per million appears in 96% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
12.2 per million appears in 5% of films
Written text
78.6 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 2
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+671B

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)