pàn

to hope for

to long for; to expect

eye (目) + sound (分) = longing eyes scanning the horizon

The eye (目) anchors the meaning: to long for something is to keep scanning the horizon for it. 分 contributes the sound pàn and does not add semantic weight here.

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孩子们着过年。

hái zi men pàn zhe guò nián 。

The children are longing for the New Year.

她每天都着他早点回家。

tā měi tiān dōu pàn zhe tā zǎo diǎn huí jiā 。

She hopes every day that he will come home a little earlier.

Words with 盼

顾盼

gù pàn

(literary) to look around

顾盼自雄

gù pàn zì xióng

to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)

企盼

qǐ pàn

to expect

切盼

qiè pàn

to look forward eagerly to sth

奢盼

shē pàn

an extravagant hope

左顾右盼

zuǒ gù yòu pàn

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

期盼

qī pàn

to expect; to await

盼星星盼月亮

pàn xīng xīng pàn yuè liàng

to wish for the stars and the moon

盼望

pàn wàng

to hope for; to look forward to

盼睐

pàn lài

your favors

盼复

pàn fù

expecting your reply (epistolary style)

盼头

pàn tou

hopes

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