| 願 | [ yuàn ] to hope, to wish, to desire, hoped-for, ready, willing |
| 願心 | [ yuàn xīn ] a wish, a request (to a deity) |
| 願意 | [ yuàn yì ] to wish, to want, ready, willing (to do sth) |
| 願景 | [ yuàn jǐng ] vision (of the future) |
| 願望 | [ yuàn wàng ] desire, wish |
| 願聞其詳 | [ yuàn wén qí xiáng ] I'd like to hear the details |
| 願賭服輸 | [ yuàn dǔ fú shū ] lit. if you agree to bet you must accept to lose, fig. you bet, you pay |
| ⇒ 一廂情願 | [ yī xiāng qíng yuàn ] one's own wishful thinking |
| ⇒ 一相情願 | [ yī xiāng qíng yuàn ] one's own wishful thinking |
| ⇒ 不情願 | [ bù qíng yuàn ] unwilling |
| ⇒ 不願 | [ bù yuàn ] unwilling, unwillingness |
| ⇒ 中國人民志願軍 | [ zhōng guó rén mín zhì yuàn jūn ] the Chinese People's Volunteer Army deployed by China to aid North Korea in 1950 |
| ⇒ 事與願違 | [ shì yǔ yuàn weí ] things turn out contrary to the way one wishes (idiom) |
| ⇒ 但願 | [ dàn yuàn ] if only (sth were possible), I wish (that) |
| ⇒ 但願如此 | [ dàn yuàn rú cǐ ] if only it were so, I hope so (idiom) |
| ⇒ 你情我願 | [ nǐ qíng wǒ yuàn ] to both be willing, mutual consent |
| ⇒ 兩廂情願 | [ liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn ] both sides are willing, by mutual consent |
| ⇒ 兩情兩願 | [ liǎng qíng liǎng yuàn ] by mutual consent (north China dialect) |
| ⇒ 兩相情願 | [ liǎng xiāng qíng yuàn ] both sides are willing, by mutual consent |
| ⇒ 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 | [ zaì tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì zaì dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī ] In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined, wishing for conjugal bliss |
| ⇒ 在天願做比翼鳥，在地願做連理枝 | [ zaì tiān yuàn zuò bǐ yì zaì dì yuàn zuò lián lǐ zhī ] In the sky to be two birds flying wing to wing, on earth to be two trees with branches intertwined, wishing for conjugal bliss |
| ⇒ 夙願 | [ sù yuàn ] long-cherished wish |
| ⇒ 夙願以償 | [ sù yuàn yǐ cháng ] a long-cherished ambition is realized |
| ⇒ 夙願得償 | [ sù yuàn dé cháng ] to have a long-cherished wish realized |
| ⇒ 大願地藏菩薩 | [ dà yuàn dì zàng pú sà ] Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Bodhisattva of the Great Vow (to save all souls before accepting Bodhi), also translated Earth Treasury, Earth Womb, or Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| ⇒ 太公釣魚，願者上鉤 | [ taì gōng yú yuàn zhě shàng goū ] Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| ⇒ 如願 | [ rú yuàn ] to have one's wishes fulfilled |
| ⇒ 如願以償 | [ rú yuàn yǐ cháng ] to have one's wish fulfilled |
| ⇒ 姜太公釣魚，願者上鉤 | [ jiāng taì gōng yú yuàn zhě shàng goū ] Jiang Ziya is fishing, if you want it, take the hook (idiom, refers to early sage 姜子牙 fishing with no bait and the hook above the water); to put one's head in the noose |
| ⇒ 宏願 | [ hóng yuàn ] great aspiration, great ambition |
| ⇒ 宿願 | [ sù yuàn ] long-cherished wish |
| ⇒ 寧願 | [ nìng yuàn ] would rather, better |
| ⇒ 封官許願 | [ fēng guān xǔ yuàn ] to offer official positions and material benefits in order to buy people's allegiance |
| ⇒ 弘願 | [ hóng yuàn ] variant of 宏願|宏愿[hong2 yuan4] |
| ⇒ 心甘情願 | [ xīn gān qíng yuàn ] delighted to (do sth, idiom), perfectly happy to do, most willing to do |
| ⇒ 心願 | [ xīn yuàn ] cherished desire, dream, craving, wish, aspiration |
| ⇒ 心願單 | [ xīn yuàn dān ] wish list |
| ⇒ 志願 | [ zhì yuàn ] aspiration, ambition, to volunteer |
| ⇒ 志願兵 | [ zhì yuàn bīng ] volunteer soldier, CL:名[ming2] |
| ⇒ 志願者 | [ zhì yuàn zhě ] volunteer |
| ⇒ 志願軍 | [ zhì yuàn jūn ] volunteer army |
| ⇒ 情願 | [ qíng yuàn ] willingness, would rather (agree to X than Y) |
| ⇒ 意願 | [ yì yuàn ] aspiration, wish (for), desire |
| ⇒ 所願 | [ suǒ yuàn ] wished-for, desired |
| ⇒ 末願 | [ mò yuàn ] final vows (in a religious order or congregation of the Catholic Church) |
| ⇒ 求死願望 | [ qiú sǐ yuàn wàng ] death wish (translated from English), Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龍怪客|猛龙怪客[Meng3 long2 guai4 ke4] |
| ⇒ 甘心情願 | [ gān xīn qíng yuàn ] willingly and gladly (idiom) |
| ⇒ 甘願 | [ gān yuàn ] willingly |
| ⇒ 生願 | [ shēng yuàn ] desire to exist (in Buddhism, tanhā), craving for rebirth |
| ⇒ 發願 | [ fā yuàn ] to vow |
| ⇒ 祈願 | [ qí yuàn ] to pray, to pray for sth, to wish sth, prayer, wish |
| ⇒ 祝願 | [ zhù yuàn ] to wish |
| ⇒ 能願動詞 | [ néng yuàn dòng cí ] modal verb (e.g. 肯[ken3], 能[neng2], 會|会[hui4], 要[yao4], 該|该[gai1], 得[dei3], 願意|愿意[yuan4 yi4], 可以[ke3 yi3], 可能[ke3 neng2], 敢[gan3], 應該|应该[ying1 gai1]) |
| ⇒ 自願 | [ zì yuàn ] voluntary |
| ⇒ 自願性 | [ zì yuàn xìng ] voluntary |
| ⇒ 自願者 | [ zì yuàn zhě ] volunteer |
| ⇒ 許下願心 | [ xǔ xià yuàn xīn ] to express a wish (to a deity) |
| ⇒ 許願 | [ xǔ yuàn ] to make a wish, to make a vow, to promise a reward |
| ⇒ 許願井 | [ xǔ yuàn jǐng ] wishing well |
| ⇒ 訴願 | [ sù yuàn ] to appeal, an appeal (law) |
| ⇒ 誠心所願 | [ chéng xīn suǒ yuàn ] so be it, amen |
| ⇒ 請願 | [ qǐng yuàn ] petition (for action to be taken) |
| ⇒ 請願書 | [ qǐng yuàn shū ] petition |
| ⇒ 遂願 | [ suì yuàn ] to have one's wish fulfilled |
| ⇒ 遺願 | [ yí yuàn ] final wishes of the departed |
| ⇒ 還願 | [ huán yuàn ] to redeem a vow (to a deity), to fulfill a promise, votive |