愿
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honest and prudent; variant of 願|愿[yuan4]
Formation & memory
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Words with 愿
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中国人民志愿军 | the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 | |
| 一相情愿 | variant of 一廂情願|一厢情愿[yi1 xiang1 qing2 yuan4] | |
| 自愿性 | voluntary | |
| 能愿动词 | modal verb (e.g. 肯[ken3], 能[neng2], 會|会[hui4], 要[yao4], 該|该[gai1], 得[dei3], 願意|愿意[yuan4 yi… | |
| 不情愿 | unwilling | |
| 自愿者 | volunteer; consenting participant | |
| 心愿单 | wish list | |
| 两相情愿 | both sides are willing; by mutual consent | |
| 心甘情愿 | delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do | |
| 甘心情愿 | willingly and gladly (idiom) | |
| 两情两愿 | by mutual consent (north China dialect) | |
| 太公钓鱼，愿者上钩 | Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing … | |
| 不愿 | unwilling | |
| 心愿 | cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration | |
| 生愿 | desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā); craving for rebirth | |
| 愿心 | a wish; a request (to a deity) | |
| 自愿 | voluntary | |
| 发愿 | to vow | |
| 许下愿心 | to express a wish (to a deity) | |
| 志愿者 | volunteer |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 原 — compare how they read.