| 1 | 望 | 望 | wàng | wang4 | full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards; 15th day of month (lunar calendar); old variant of 望 | | |
| 2 | 希望 | 希望 | xī wàng | xi1 wang4 | to wish for; to desire; hope; Classifiers: 个 | | |
| 3 | 愿望 | 願望 | yuàn wàng | yuan4 wang4 | desire; wish | | |
| 4 | 欲望 | 慾望 | yù wàng | yu4 wang4 | desire; longing; appetite; craving | | |
| 5 | 失望 | 失望 | shī wàng | shi1 wang4 | disappointed; to lose hope; to despair | | |
| 6 | 望远镜 | 望遠鏡 | wàng yuǎn jìng | wang4 yuan3 jing4 | binoculars; telescope; Classifiers: 付 | | |
| 7 | 盼望 | 盼望 | pàn wàng | pan4 wang4 | to hope for; to look forward to | | |
| 8 | 期望 | 期望 | qī wàng | qi1 wang4 | to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope | | |
| 9 | 绝望 | 絕望 | jué wàng | jue2 wang4 | to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation | | |
| 10 | 看望 | 看望 | kàn wàng | kan4 wang4 | to overlook; to watch from above; to visit; to pay a call to | | |
| 11 | 望见 | 望見 | wàng jiàn | wang4 jian4 | to espy; to spot | | |
| 12 | 张望 | 張望 | zhāng wàng | zhang1 wang4 | to look around; to peep (through a crack); to peer at; to throw a look at | | |
| 13 | 眺望 | 眺望 | tiào wàng | tiao4 wang4 | to survey the scene from an elevated position | | |
| 14 | 有希望 | 有希望 | yǒu xī wàng | you3 xi1 wang4 | hopeful; promising; prospective | | |
| 15 | 指望 | 指望 | zhǐ wàng | zhi3 wang4 | to hope for sth; to count on; hope | | |
| 16 | 探望 | 探望 | tàn wàng | tan4 wang4 | to visit; to call on sb; to look around | | |
| 17 | 喜出望外 | 喜出望外 | xǐ chū wàng wài | xi3 chu1 wang4 wai4 | to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom); overjoyed at the turn of events | | |
| 18 | 仰望 | 仰望 | yǎng wàng | yang3 wang4 | to look up at; to look up to sb hopefully | | |
| 19 | 威望 | 威望 | wēi wàng | wei1 wang4 | prestige | | |
| 20 | 雅望 | 雅望 | yǎ wàng | ya3 wang4 | (literary) spotless reputation | | |
| 21 | 大喜过望 | 大喜過望 | dà xǐ guò wàng | da4 xi3 guo4 wang4 | overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom) | | |
| 22 | 大失所望 | 大失所望 | dà shī suǒ wàng | da4 shi1 suo3 wang4 | greatly disappointed | | |
| 23 | 纵目四望 | 縱目四望 | zòng mù sì wàng | zong4 mu4 si4 wang4 | to look far into the distance in all directions (idiom) | | |
| 24 | 对望 | 對望 | duì wàng | dui4 wang4 | to look at each other | | |
| 25 | 不负众望 | 不負眾望 | bù fù zhòng wàng | bu4 fu4 zhong4 wang4 | to live up to expectations (idiom) | | |