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Chinese symbol for “prospective”

有希望
yǒu xī wàng
hopeful; promising; prospective

The closest CC-CEDICT match for prospective is 有希望 (yǒu xī wàng), defined as: hopeful; promising; prospective.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

有 yǒu
to have, to own, to possess; to exist
radical 74 ⽉ · 6 strokes
希 xī
rare; to hope for, to strive for; to expect
radical 50 ⼱ · 7 strokes
望 wàng
to expect, to hope, to look forward to
radical 74 ⽉ · 11 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 有希望.

WordPinyinMeaning
没有 (沒有)méi yǒuhaven't; hasn't
所有suǒ yǒuall; to have; to possess; to own
还有 (還有)hái yǒuthere still remain(s); there is (or are) still; in addition
只有zhǐ yǒuonly have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才 (cái)) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 (zhǐ yǒu tōng gu
有人yǒu rénsomeone; people
有关 (有關)yǒu guānto have sth to do with; to relate to
希望xī wàngto hope; a hope; a wish
古希腊 (古希臘)gǔ Xī làancient Greece
失望shī wàngdisappointed; to lose hope

See also: Japanese symbol for “prospective”.

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.

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