# 但愿 (dànyuàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 但愿 (dànyuàn) means “if only; I wish; hopefully”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: if only; I wish; hopefully
- Pinyin: dànyuàn (dan4 yuan4)
- Traditional: 但願
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 但愿明天的天气能好起来。
  Dànyuàn míngtiān de tiānqì néng hǎo qǐlái.
  Hopefully the weather will clear up tomorrow.

## Characters

- [但](https://hanziro.com/word/dan-but/) (dàn): (conjunction) but; yet
- [愿](https://hanziro.com/word/yuan-wish/) (yuàn): to wish; to be willing

https://hanziro.com/word/dan-yuan-if-only/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).