Chinese symbol for “outlook”
展望
zhǎn wàng
outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to
The closest CC-CEDICT match for outlook is 展望 (zhǎn wàng), defined as: outlook; prospect; to look ahead; to look forward to.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “outlook”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观 (觀) | guān | to look at; to watch |
| 视野 (視野) | shì yě | field of view; (fig.) outlook; perspective |
| 前瞻 | qián zhān | forward-looking; prescient |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 展望.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 开展 (開展) | kāi zhǎn | to launch; to develop |
| 展开 (展開) | zhǎn kāi | to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit |
| 扩展 (擴展) | kuò zhǎn | to extend; to expand |
| 进展 (進展) | jìn zhǎn | to make headway; to make progress |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope; a hope; a wish |
| 失望 | shī wàng | disappointed; to lose hope |
See also: Japanese symbol for “outlook”.
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.