# 欲望 (yùwàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 欲望 (yùwàng) means “desire; craving”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: desire; craving
- Pinyin: yùwàng (yu4 wang4)
- Traditional: 慾望
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 人应该学会控制自己的欲望。
  Rén yīnggāi xuéhuì kòngzhì zìjǐ de yùwàng.
  One should learn to control one's desires.

## Characters

- 欲 (yù): desire; appetite
- [望](https://hanziro.com/word/wang-gaze/) (wàng): to gaze; to look towards

https://hanziro.com/word/yu-wang-desire/

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