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願: willing

By September 27, 2013January 16th, 2017Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

願 [愿] yuàn

adjective
: willing; to hope/wish; desire; sincere

Kun Reading

願う | ねがう negau

godan verb with u ending
: to wish; desire; beg

願い | ねがい negai

noun
: wish; desire

On Reading

願 | がん gan

noun
: prayer; wish

 Usage:

願意 yuan4yi4: to wish; willing [がんい gain: object of an application]
願望 yuan4wang4: desire; wish
[がんぼう ganbou] + suru vb OR [がんもう ganmou]
願賭服輸 yuan4du3 fu2shu1: if you agree to bet, you must accept to lose
志願 zhi4yuan4: aspiration; to volunteer [しがん shigan]
自願 zi4yuan4: voluntary
寧[宁]願 ning4yuan4: would rather
許願 xu3yuan4: to make a wish
意願 yi4yuan4: aspiration; desire
心願 xin1yuan4: heart’s desire; dream
[しんがん shingan: prayer; heartfelt wish]



Japanese expression:
心願成就しんがんじょうじゅ shingan juju: earnest prayers being answered; realization of one’s earnest wishes

ねがいごと negaigoto: one’s desire/wish

お願いしますonegaishimasu: please

情願 qing2yuan4: voluntarily; willingness
 Etymology:

形声 Pictophonetic.
頁 (ye4: leaf) suggests the meaning while
原 (yuan2: original) provides the sound.



簡體 Simplified.
愿. Created as unique simplification #311 (願 » 愿).
simplified version is a better sound-meaning compound than traditional form: as willingness is often associated with the matter of the heart and not the head.

 Music:


我愿意 – Faye Wong 王菲

思念是一种很玄的东西
如影~随形
无声又无息出没在心底
转眼~吞没我在寂默里
我无力抗拒特别是夜里喔~
想你到无法呼吸
恨不能立即朝你狂奔去
大声的告诉你~
愿意为你我愿意为你
我愿意为你忘记我姓名
就算多一秒停留在你怀里
失去世界也不可惜
我愿意为你我愿意为你
我愿意为你被放逐天际
只要你真心拿爱与我回应
什么都愿意
什么都愿意为你

Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary