Chinese symbol for “craving”
欲望
yù wàng
Traditional: 慾望
desire; longing; appetite; craving
The closest CC-CEDICT match for craving is 欲望 (yù wàng), defined as: desire; longing; appetite; craving.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “craving”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 瘾头 (癮頭) | yǐn tóu | craving; addiction |
| 心愿 (心願) | xīn yuàn | cherished desire; dream |
| 瘾 (癮) | yǐn | addiction; craving |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 欲望.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 性欲 (性慾) | xìng yù | sexual desire; lust |
| 为所欲为 (為所欲為) | wéi suǒ yù wéi | (idiom) to do whatever one pleases |
| 情欲 (情慾) | qíng yù | lust; desire |
| 随心所欲 (隨心所欲) | suí xīn suǒ yù | (idiom) to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases |
| 食欲 (食慾) | shí yù | appetite |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope; a wish |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
| 愿望 (願望) | yuàn wàng | desire; wish |
See also: Japanese symbol for “craving”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.