Word: 願 (yuàn)

願 is how 愿 is written in traditional characters. These are the example sentences on the site that use it, written the same way.

Simplified: 愿

願 dictionary entry

yuàn: wish; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); vow

Full dictionary entry for 願

Example sentences using 願

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事情沒能如他所願讓他感到失望。

Shìqing méi néng rú tā suǒ yuàn ràng tā gǎndào shīwàng.

He was disappointed that things didn't turn out as he'd hoped.
他們說他們不願去做。

Tāmen shuō tāmen bú yuàn qù zuò.

They said that they didn't like to do that.
你寧願說謊也不願讓他生氣嗎？

Nǐ nìngyuàn shuōhuǎng yě bú yuàn ràng tā shēngqì ma?

Would you rather lie than make him angry?
願主與你同在。

Yuàn zhǔ yǔ nǐ tóng zài.

May God be with you!
願他們長壽！

Yuàn tāmen chángshòu!

May they live long!
願你們平安！

Yuàn nǐmen píng'ān!

And upon you be peace!
願力量與你同在。

Yuàn lìliang yǔ nǐ tóng zài.

May the force be with you.
願大能與你同在。

Yuàn dà néng yǔ nǐ tóng zài.

May the force be with you.
我寧願工作也不願閒著。

Wǒ nìngyuàn gōngzuò yě bú yuàn xián zhe.

I prefer working to doing nothing.
我看到了我不願看見的東西。

Wǒ kàndàole wǒ bú yuàn kànjiàn de dōngxi.

I saw something I wished I hadn't seen.
生活並不總是如我們所願。

Shēnghuó bìng bù zǒngshì rú wǒmen suǒ yuàn.

Life doesn't always go the way we want it to.