威望
wēi wàng
Pinyin

Definition

威望
 - 
wēi wàng
  1. prestige

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

希望
xī wàng
  1. 1 to wish for
  2. 2 to desire
  3. 3 hope
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
仰望
yǎng wàng
  1. 1 to look up at
  2. 2 to look up to sb hopefully
凝望
níng wàng
  1. 1 to gaze at
  2. 2 to stare fixedly at
助威
zhù wēi
  1. 1 to cheer for
  2. 2 to encourage
  3. 3 to boost the morale of
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
失望
shī wàng
  1. 1 disappointed
  2. 2 to lose hope
  3. 3 to despair
奢望
shē wàng
  1. 1 an extravagant hope
  2. 2 to have excessive expectations
威力
wēi lì
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable power
威士忌
wēi shì jì
  1. 1 whiskey (loanword)
威尼斯
Wēi ní sī
  1. 1 Venice
  2. 2 Venezia
威武
wēi wǔ
  1. 1 might
  2. 2 formidable
威胁
wēi xié
  1. 1 to threaten
  2. 2 to menace
展望
zhǎn wàng
  1. 1 outlook
  2. 2 prospect
  3. 3 to look ahead
  4. 4 to look forward to
欲望
yù wàng
  1. 1 desire
  2. 2 longing
  3. 3 appetite
  4. 4 craving
指望
zhǐ wàng
  1. 1 to hope for sth
  2. 2 to count on
  3. 3 hope
挪威
Nuó wēi
  1. 1 Norway
有望
yǒu wàng
  1. 1 hopeful
  2. 2 promising
望
wàng
  1. 1 full moon
  2. 2 to hope
  3. 3 to expect
  4. 4 to visit
  5. 5 to gaze (into the distance)
  6. 6 to look towards
  7. 7 towards
期望
qī wàng
  1. 1 to have expectations
  2. 2 to earnestly hope
  3. 3 expectation
  4. 4 hope
权威
quán wēi
  1. 1 authority
  2. 2 authoritative
  3. 3 power and prestige

Idioms (20)

一望无垠
yī wàng wú yín
  1. 1 to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望无际
yī wàng wú jì
  1. 1 as far as the eye can see (idiom)
一望而知
yī wàng ér zhī
  1. 1 to be evident at a glance (idiom)
不孚众望
bù fú zhòng wàng
  1. 1 not living up to expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 failing to inspire confidence among people
  3. 3 unpopular
不负众望
bù fù zhòng wàng
  1. 1 to live up to expectations (idiom)
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
倚栏望月
yǐ lán wàng yuè
  1. 1 to lean against the railings and look at the moon (idiom)
功高望重
gōng gāo wàng zhòng
  1. 1 high merit and worthy prospects (idiom)
可望而不可即
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
  1. 1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
  2. 2 inaccessible
  3. 3 also written 可望而不可及[kě wàng ér bù kě jí]
可望而不可及
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
  1. 1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
  2. 2 inaccessible
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
大喜过望
dà xǐ guò wàng
  1. 1 overjoyed at unexpected good news (idiom)
大旱望云霓
dà hàn wàng yún ní
  1. 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
威福自己
wēi fú zì jǐ
  1. 1 to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
威震天下
wēi zhèn tiān xià
  1. 1 to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
守望相助
shǒu wàng xiāng zhù
  1. 1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
  2. 2 mutual help and protection
巴高望上
bā gāo wàng shàng
  1. 1 to wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion
恩威兼施
ēn wēi jiān shī
  1. 1 to employ both kindness and severity (idiom)
望尘莫及
wàng chén mò jí
  1. 1 lit. to see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up (idiom)
  2. 2 to be far inferior

Sample Sentences

怎么个有威望法？有没有说他专制独裁贪污腐败？
zěnme gè yǒu wēiwàng fǎ ？yǒumeiyǒu shuō tā zhuānzhì dúcái tānwū fǔbài ？
How can he be prestigious? Wasn't he a greedy and corrupt autocrat and dictator?
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我们以前有个台湾同学，我们混熟了以后也讨论过蒋介石，说在台湾人心里，蒋介石也是一个很有威望的领袖。
wǒmen yǐqián yǒu gè Táiwān tóngxué ，wǒmen hùnshú le yǐhòu yě tǎolùn guò Jiǎng Jièshí ，shuō zài Táiwānrén xīnli ，Jiǎng Jièshí yě shì yī gè hěn yǒu wēiwàng de lǐngxiù 。
We used to have a Taiwanese classmate and after we came to know each other well, we talked about Chiang Kai-shek. He said that in the eyes of the Taiwanese, Chiang Kai-shek was a prestigious leader.
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