逢 (féng): to meet by chance, to come across, (of a calendar event) to come along
逢 (féng) is a Chinese character meaning “to meet by chance.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 夆 (phonetic). It ranks #2133 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 逢 walk. Its radical form 辶 (walk) appears in many related characters such as 边 (biān, side), 过 (guò, to pass, past), 还 (hái, still, return).
Definitions
- to meet by chance
- to come across
- (of a calendar event) to come along
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重逢verb | chóng féng | to meet again |
| 千载难逢phrase | qiān zǎi nán féng | extremely rare (idiom) |
| 相逢verb | xiāng féng | to meet (by chance) |
| 每逢adverb | měi féng | every time |
| 狭路相逢phrase | xiá lù xiāng féng | lit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom) |
| 萍水相逢phrase | píng shuǐ xiāng féng | strangers coming together by chance (idiom) |
| 逢凶化吉phrase | féng xiōng huà jí | misfortune turns to blessing (idiom) |
| 绝处逢生phrase | jué chù féng shēng | (idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless |
| 左右逢源phrase | zuǒ yòu féng yuán | lit. to strike water right and left (idiom) |
| 适逢verb | shì féng | to just happen to coincide with |
| 逢迎verb | féng yíng | to fawn on |
| 生不逢时phrase | shēng bù féng shí | born at the wrong time (idiom) |
| 久别重逢 | jiǔ bié chóng féng | to meet again after a long period of separation |
| 遭逢verb | zāo féng | to encounter (sth unpleasant) |
| 人生何处不相逢proverb | rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féng | it's a small world (idiom) |
逢 appears in 31 compound words: 23 as the first character, 35 as the last, and 42 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 逢 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (15)
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
to get saved at a critical moment; to survive a crisis; to be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation
lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to local conditions
to get saved at a critical moment; to survive a crisis; to be unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation
Showing 12 of 15 idioms containing 逢.
Example Sentences
学习逢字需要反复练习，才能写得工整。
xué xí féng zì xū yāo fǎn fù liàn xí , cái néng xiě dé gōng zhěng .
Mastering the character "逢" requires repeated practice to write it neatly.
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. . . : téng xùn wáng zhě róng yào S 4 3 xīn sài jì mò shàng xiāng féng guān xuān jiāng zhì
...: Tencent's "Honor of Kings" Season 43: Official Announcement of the New Season, "Encounter on the Path," Coming Soon
全球最大怀旧游戏库 Myrient 遭逢关站危机,热血粉丝成功备份 385TB ...
quán qiú zuì dà huái jiù yóu xì kù M y r i e n t zāo féng guān zhàn wēi jī , rè xiě fěn sī chéng gōng bèi fèn 3 8 5 T B . . .
Myrient, the world's largest archive of retro games, faces the threat of shutdown, but passionate fans have successfully backed up 385TB ...
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. . . jiā jù néng yuán wēi jī yà zhōu duō guó chū zhāo 悭 yóu sī lǐ lán kǎ féng zhōu sān xiū jiǎ . . .
...As the energy crisis worsens, many Asian countries are implementing measures to conserve fuel; Sri Lanka has declared Wednesdays as a holiday...
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zhōng dōng dì yuán zhèng zhì fēng xiǎn chí xù fǎ rén . . féng dī bù jú shǒu xuǎn kē jì chǎn yè
Geopolitical risks in the Middle East persist; institutional investors... are prioritizing the technology sector for bottom-fishing opportunities
逢甲大学毕委会长侵占474万会费 买股票大...
féng jiǎ dà xué bì wěi huì cháng qīn zhàn 4 7 4 wàn huì fèi mǎi gǔ piào dà . . .
The chairman of the Bi Committee of Feng Chia University embezzled 4.74 million dues to buy stocks...
我父亲每逢星期天都会去打高尔夫球。
Wǒ fùqīn měiféng Xīngqītiān dōu huì qù dǎgāo'ěrfūqiú.
My father plays golf every Sunday.
有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。
Yǒuyuán qiānlǐ lái xiānghuì, wúyuán duìmiàn bù xiāngféng.
Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
你所要做的便是好好把握这千载难逢的机会。
Nǐ suǒ yào zuò de biànshì hǎohǎo bǎwò zhè qiānzǎinánféng de jīhuì.
All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.
他在街市卖鱼卖了许多年了，这些年来每逢星期二都会在街市见到他。
Tā zài jiē shì mài yú mài le xǔduō nián le, zhèxiē niánlái měiféng Xīngqī'èr dōu huì zài jiē shì jiàndào tā.
For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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