| 向往 | xiang4 wang3 | to yearn for |
| 相思 | xiang1 si1 | to pine |
| 眷恋 | juan4 lian4 | to miss |
| 渴念 | ke3 nian4 | yearning |
| 热念 | re4 nian4 | yearning |
| 耶恩斯 | ye1 en1 si1 | Yearns |
| 眷怀 | juan4 huai2 | to miss |
| 怀春 | huai2 chun1 | (of girls) to yearn for love |
| 延颈企踵 | yan2 jing3 qi3 zhong3 | fig. to yearn for sth |
| 魂牵梦萦 | hun2 qian1 meng4 ying2 | to miss |
| 人心所向 | ren2 xin1 suo3 xiang4 | that which is yearned for by the public |
| 美好憧憬 | mei3 hao3 chong1 jing3 | happy yearning |
| 怀禄 | huai2 lu4 | to yearn for a high official position |