"to greatly desire" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
渴求 kě qiú to long for / to crave for / to greatly desire syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
xiǎng to think (about) / to think of / to devise / to think (that) / to believe (that) / to desire / to want (to) / to miss (feel wistful about the absence of) syn
big / large / great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3]) / greatly / freely / fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) syn
qiāng to desire / to invite / to request syn
意思 yì si idea / opinion / meaning / wish / desire / interest / fun / token of appreciation, affection etc / CL:個|个[ge4] / to give as a small token / to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc syn
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth) / interest (thing in which one is interested) / hobby / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate syn
愿望 願望 yuàn wàng desire / wish syn
欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire / longing / appetite / craving syn
意愿 意願 yì yuàn aspiration / wish (for) / desire syn
大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle syn
性欲 性慾 xìng yù sexual desire / lust syn
心愿 心願 xīn yuàn cherished desire / dream / craving / wish / aspiration syn
钦佩 欽佩 qīn pèi to admire / to look up to / to respect sb greatly syn
禁欲 禁慾 jìn yù to suppress desire / self-restraint / asceticism
心动 心動 xīn dòng heartbeat / heart rate / (fig.) emotionally affected / aroused (of desire, emotion, interest etc)
大为 大為 dà wéi very / greatly syn
情欲 情慾 qíng yù lust / desire / sensual syn
大失所望 dà shī suǒ wàng greatly disappointed syn
肉欲 肉慾 ròu yù carnal desire syn
私欲 sī yù selfish desire syn
邪念 xié niàn wicked idea / evil thought / evil desire syn
倾慕 傾慕 qīng mù to adore / to admire greatly
求知欲 求知慾 qiú zhī yù desire for knowledge
恩师 恩師 ēn shī (greatly respected) teacher
欲念 yù niàn desire syn
垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī to drool with desire (idiom) / to envy / to hunger for syn
意欲 yì yù to intend to / intention / desire syn
物欲 wù yù material desire / craving for material things
兽欲 獸慾 shòu yù beastly desire
千差万别 千差萬別 qiān chā wàn bié (idiom) extremely diverse / to vary greatly syn
仇怨 chóu yuàn hatred and desire for revenge syn
惊艳 驚艷 jīng yàn very impressed / stunned / amazed / to astonish / to impress greatly
杀机 殺機 shā jī desire to commit murder / great danger
倾倒 傾倒 qīng dǎo to topple over / to fall over / to greatly admire / to prostrate oneself before syn
随心 隨心 suí xīn to fulfill one's desire / to find sth satisfactory
欲求 yù qiú to desire / wants / appetites
色魔 sè mó sex fiend / molester / sex attacker / sex demon (a spirit that enters people's souls and makes them desire sex)
色欲 色慾 sè yù sexual desire / lust
想望 xiǎng wàng to desire / to wish / (literary) to admire syn
惟恐天下不乱 惟恐天下不亂 wéi kǒng tiān xià bù luàn motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos / lest all under heaven's not in chaos and disorder
yuàn (bound form) wish / hope / desire / to be willing / to wish (that sth may happen) / may ... / vow / pledge syn
to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4] syn
xìng feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement syn
tān to have a voracious desire for / to covet / greedy / corrupt syn
馋涎欲滴 饞涎欲滴 chán xián yù dī lit. to drool with desire (idiom) / fig. to hunger for / greedy syn
得陇望蜀 得隴望蜀 dé lǒng wàng shǔ lit. covet Sichuan once Gansu has been seized / fig. endless greed / insatiable desire syn
欲壑难填 慾壑難填 yù hè nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom) / insatiable greed / carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment syn
to desire passionately
大有裨益 dà yǒu bì yì bringing great benefits (idiom) / very useful / of great service / to help greatly / to serve one well
争强好胜 爭強好勝 zhēng qiáng hào shèng competitive / ambitious and aggressive / to desire to beat others
倾佩 傾佩 qīng pèi to admire greatly
七折八扣 qī zhé bā kòu lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom) / fig. greatly reduced / substantially scaled back
大加 dà jiā (before a two-syllable verb) considerably / greatly (exaggerate) / vehemently (oppose) / severely (punish) / extensively (refurbish) / effusively (praise)
大开眼界 大開眼界 dà kāi - yǎn jiè (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
远超 遠超 yuǎn chāo to exceed by far / to greatly surpass
kài to desire
涅槃 niè pán (Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain) / to die (loanword from Sanskrit, abbr. for 涅槃那[nie4pan2na4])
四谛 四諦 sì dì the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), covered by the acronym 苦集滅道|苦集灭道[ku3 ji2 mie4 dao4]: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4]
强烈愿望 強烈願望 qiáng liè yuàn wàng intense desire
hào to desire
生愿 生願 shēng yuàn desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā) / craving for rebirth
苦集灭道 苦集滅道 kǔ jí miè dào the Four Noble Truths (Budd.), namely: all life is suffering 苦[ku3], the cause of suffering is desire 集[ji2], emancipation comes only by eliminating passions 滅|灭[mie4], the way 道[dao4] to emancipation is the Eight-fold Noble Way 八正道[ba1 zheng4 dao4] / also called 四諦|四谛[si4 di4]
蕴结 蘊結 yùn jié latent (desire, feeling etc) / bottled up
遐心 xiá xīn the wish to abandon or keep aloof / the desire to live in retirement
食色性也 shí sè xìng yě Appetite and lust are only natural (Mencius 6A:4). / By nature we desire food and sex.
欲火焚身 慾火焚身 yù huǒ fén shēn burning with desire
口腹之欲 口腹之慾 kǒu fù zhī yù desire for good food
hān to desire / to give
春兴 春興 chūn xìng carnal desire
嗑CP kē C P (slang) to ship a couple (i.e. to strongly desire that a pair of fictional characters become a couple) / also pr. [ke4 C P]
炽盛 熾盛 chì shèng ablaze (fire) / intense (anger, desire etc) / prosperous / booming syn
厌战 厭戰 yàn zhàn to be weary of war / (fig.) to lose one's desire to continue to fight (sports match, legal battle etc) syn
寤寐以求 wù mèi yǐ qiú to crave day and night / to strongly desire
念想 niàn xiǎng to miss (the presence of) / to cherish the memory of / aspiration / desire / sth one keeps thinking about / (coll.) keepsake / memento / (coll.) impression (of sb or sth in one's mind)
xiān (literary) to want / to desire / (literary) pleased / gratified / happy
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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