絕望

See also: 絶望 and 绝望

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	hope; expect; to visit hope; expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); look towards; towards
trad. (絕望)		絕	望
simp. (绝望)		绝	望

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): juéwàng

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ mong⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhie̍t-mong
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-bōng

(Teochew, Peng'im): zoh⁸ mo⁷
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸zhiq-waon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: juéwàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄨㄤˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéwàng
  - Wade–Giles: chüeh²-wang⁴
  - Yale: jywé-wàng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuewanq
  - Palladius: цзюэван (czjuevan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ wɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyut⁶ mong⁶
  - Yale: jyuht mohng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ mong⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ mong⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² mɔːŋ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhie̍t-mong
  - Hakka Romanization System: qied mong
  - Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁶ mong⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚⁵ moŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-bōng
  - Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-bōng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoadbong
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² bɔŋ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bɔŋ²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² bɔŋ³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zoh⁸ mo⁷
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tso̍h mō
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʔ⁴⁻² mo¹¹/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸zhiq-waon
  - MiniDict: zhih^入 waon
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵xxiq-hhuaan
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ʑiɪʔ¹¹ ɦuɑ̃²³/

Verb

絕望

to despair; to give up hope; to be desperate

Synonyms

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喪氣 / 丧气
嘔興 / 呕兴 (Xiamen Hokkien)
失望 (shīwàng)
慼心 / 戚心 (“chheh-sim”) (Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
掃興 / 扫兴
敗興 / 败兴 (bàixìng)
死空 (Hokkien)
死窟 (Hokkien)
死蕩蕩 / 死荡荡 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
氣餒 / 气馁 (qìněi)
洩勁 / 泄劲 (xièjìn)
洩氣 / 泄气 (xièqì)
灰心 (huīxīn)
無望 / 无望 (wúwàng)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
絕	望
ぜつ Hyōgai	ぼう Grade: 4
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 絕望 – see the following entry.

【絶望ぜつぼう】

[noun] despair; hopelessness

[verb] to despair, to abandon, to lose all hope.

(This term, 絕望, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja in this term
絕	望

Noun

絕望 • (jeolmang) (hangeul 절망)

hanja form^? of 절망 (“despair”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
絕	望

Adjective

絕望

chữ Hán form of tuyệt vọng (“desperate”).