庆 (qìng): to celebrate
庆 (qìng) is a Chinese character meaning “to celebrate.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 广 (structural) and 大 (structural). It ranks #1261 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 庆 a great 大 celebration in a house 广. Its radical form 广 (shelter) appears in many related characters such as 床 (chuáng, bed), 店 (diàn, shop), 广 (guǎng, wide, broad).
Definitions
- to celebrate
Etymology & Origin
ideographicA great 大 celebration in a house 广
Decomposition: ⿸广大 (layout: surround-from-upper-left)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 庆
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 庆幸 | qìng xìng | to rejoice |
| 庆典 | qìng diǎn | celebration |
| 庆贺 | qìng hè | to congratulate |
| 欢庆 | huān qìng | to celebrate |
| 国庆 | guó qìng | National Day |
| 庆功 | qìng gōng | to celebrate a heroic deed |
| 国庆节 | guó qìng jié | PRC National Day (October 1st) |
| 庆生 | qìng shēng | to celebrate a birthday |
| 庆祝会 | qìng zhù huì | celebration |
| 喜庆 | xǐ qìng | jubilation |
| 校庆 | xiào qìng | anniversary of the founding of a school |
| 节庆 | jié qìng | festival |
| 普天同庆 | pǔ tiān tóng qìng | everybody celebrating together |
| 大庆 | dà qìng | see 大慶市|大庆市[Da4 qing4 Shi4] |
| 重庆 | chóng qìng | Chongqing municipality (abbr. to 渝[Yu2]) |
庆 appears in 74 compound words: 31 as the first character, 38 as the last, and 31 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 庆 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
公司成立十周年，准备举办一场盛大的庆祝活动。
Gōngsī chénglì shí zhōunián, zhǔnbèi jǔbàn yì chǎng shèngdà de qìngzhù huódòng.
The company is celebrating its tenth anniversary and is preparing to hold a grand celebration.
...人参加:恶劣天气难挡布拉戈维申斯克谢肉节庆典
. . . rén cān jiā : è liè tiān qì nán dǎng bù lā gē wéi shēn sī kè xiè ròu jié qìng diǎn
... People participated: bad weather could not stop the Blagoveshchensk Meat Day celebration
周吉佩新春团拜 三地粉丝聚首一堂庆祝
zhōu jí pèi xīn chūn tuán bài sān dì fěn sī jù shǒu yī táng qìng zhù
Zhou Jipei's New Year group visit Fans from the three places gathered together to celebrate
全球多地举办活动共庆新春佳节
quán qiú duō dì jǔ bàn huó dòng gòng qìng xīn chūn jiā jié
Many places around the world organize events to celebrate the Lunar New Year festivities
中外交流|塞尔维亚举行系列新春庙会活动庆祝中国年
zhōng wài jiāo liú sāi ěr wéi yà jǔ háng xì liè xīn chūn miào huì huó dòng qìng zhù zhōng guó nián
International Exchange | Serbia Hosts Series of Spring Festival Fair Activities to Celebrate Chinese New Year
加拿大国家电视塔“红装”庆春节
jiā ná dà guó jiā diàn shì tǎ hóng zhuāng qìng chūn jié
Canada's CN Tower Dons Red Attire to Celebrate Chinese New Year
他们互帮互助，把校庆搞得很成功。
Tāmen hùbāng hùzhù, bǎ xiàoqìng gǎo de hěn chénggōng.
They helped one another to make the school festival a success.
庆祝春节俗称过年。
Qìngzhù Chūnjié súchēng guònián.
Celebrating Spring Festival is commonly referred to as 'passing the year'.
我们每年都庆祝圣诞节。
Wǒmen měinián dōu qìngzhù Shèngdànjié.
We celebrate Christmas every year.
凯特几乎从未庆祝她的生日。
Kǎitè jīhū cóngwèi qìngzhù tā de shēngrì.
Kate hardly ever celebrates her birthday.
Character Family
广 Radical Family — Characters sharing the shelter radical
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