希望 (xīwàng) means Hope (wish - desire). Below are 20 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我 希望 明天是晴天。
Wǒ xīwàng míngtiān shì qíngtiān.
I hope tomorrow is sunny.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 希望
他对未来充满 希望 。
Tā duì wèilái chōngmǎn xīwàng.
He is full of hope for the future.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 充满
希望 大家能够谅解。
Xīwàng dàjiā nénggòu liàngjiě.
We hope everyone can be understanding.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 谅解
希望 大家再接再厉。
Xīwàng dàjiā zàijiēzàilì.
I hope everyone will keep up the effort.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 再接再厉
大家都 希望 世界和平。
Dàjiā dōu xīwàng shìjiè hépíng.
Everyone hopes for world peace.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 和平
大家都 希望 没有战争。
Dàjiā dōu xīwàng méiyǒu zhànzhēng.
Everyone hopes there will be no war.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 战争
我 希望 能流利地说英语。
Wǒ xīwàng néng liúlì de shuō Yīngyǔ.
I hope to be able to speak English fluently.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 流利
希望 你发挥自己的特长。
Xīwàng nǐ fāhuī zìjǐ de tècháng.
I hope you make full use of your strengths.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 发挥
我们 希望 国家繁荣昌盛。
Wǒmen xīwàng guójiā fánróng chāngshèng.
We hope the country will be prosperous and flourishing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 昌盛
我 希望 有机会去中国留学。
Wǒ xīwàng yǒu jīhuì qù Zhōngguó liúxué.
I hope to have the chance to study in China.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 机会
哪怕只有一点 希望 也要努力。
Nǎpà zhǐ yǒu yìdiǎn xīwàng yě yào nǔlì.
Even if there is only a little hope, you must try.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 哪怕
父母把 希望 寄托在孩子身上。
Fùmǔ bǎ xīwàng jìtuō zài háizi shēnshang.
The parents pin their hopes on their child.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 寄托
这个消息粉碎了他所有的 希望 。
Zhège xiāoxi fěnsuì le tā suǒyǒu de xīwàng.
This news shattered all his hopes.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 粉碎
把全部 希望 押在一件事上等于赌博。
Bǎ quánbù xīwàng yā zài yí jiàn shì shang děngyú dǔbó.
Staking all your hopes on one thing amounts to gambling.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 赌博
早期发现癌症，治愈的 希望 要大得多。
Zǎoqī fāxiàn áizhèng, zhìyù de xīwàng yào dà de duō.
If cancer is found early, the chance of a cure is much greater.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 癌症
我不喜欢巴结别人，也不 希望 别人巴结我。
Wǒ bù xǐhuan bājie biéren, yě bù xīwàng biéren bājie wǒ.
I don't like currying favour with people, nor do I want people currying favour with me.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 巴结
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From the graded readers
她笑着说：“换成是我，我也 希望 有人这样做。”
tā xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō:" huànchéng shì wǒ, wǒ yě xīwàng yǒurén zhèyàng zuò."
She smiled and said, "If it were me, I'd hope someone would do the same."
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Losing My Phone
Questions about 希望
How is 希望 used in a sentence?
This page shows 20 sentences using 希望 (xīwàng, "Hope (wish - desire)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 希望 an HSK word?
Yes — 希望 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 希望?
The dictionary page for 希望 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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