欲
yù HSK6

desire

欲 yù frequency
want adverb
to wish for or intend to do something

欲速则不达。

yù sù zé bù dá.

Haste makes waste.

about to adverb
on the verge of; approaching a state or action

天欲下雨，我们还是快点回家吧。

tiān yù xià​yǔ, wǒ​men hái​shi kuài diǎn huí​jiā ba.

It looks like it's going to rain; we'd better go home quickly.

欲 (慾) yù
greed adverb
an excessive or insatiable desire for wealth, power, or status

无止境的贪欲最终会让人走向毁灭。

wú zhǐ​jìng de tān yù zuì​zhōng huì ràng rén zǒu​xiàng huǐ​miè.

Endless greed will eventually lead a person to destruction.

desire noun
a general longing, craving, or physiological appetite

强烈的求知欲促使他不断学习。

qiáng​liè de qiú​zhī yù cù​shǐ tā bù​duàn xué​xí.

A strong thirst for knowledge drives him to keep learning.

lust noun
intense sexual desire or carnal passion

这部电影深刻地探讨了人类的情欲。

zhè bù diàn​yǐng shēn​kè de tàn​tǎo le rén​lèi de qíng​yù.

The movie profoundly explores human desire.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,045th most common 149.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,361st most common 53.7 per million appears in 26% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
18.9 per million appears in 8% of films
Written text
54.3 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
11
Unicode
U+6B32

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