迎 (yíng): to welcome
迎 (yíng) is a Chinese character meaning “to welcome.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 辶 (semantic) and 卬 (phonetic). It ranks #1068 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 迎 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 welcome
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 迎
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 迎来 | yíng lái | to welcome (a visitor or newcomer) |
| 迎合verb | yíng hé | to cater to |
| 迎战verb | yíng zhàn | to meet the enemy head-on |
| 迎刃而解phrase | yíng rèn ér jiě | lit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom) |
| 迎面adverb | yíng miàn | directly |
| 迎宾verb | yíng bīn | to welcome a guest |
| 迎娶verb | yíng qǔ | (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony |
| 迎头赶上phrase | yíng tóu gǎn shàng | to try hard to catch up |
| 迎头verb | yíng tóu | to meet head-on |
| 迎风verb | yíng fēng | in the wind |
| 迎难而上phrase | yíng nán ér shàng | (idiom) to press on in the face of challenges |
| 迎面而来 | yíng miàn ér lái | directly |
| 迎击verb | yíng jī | to face an attack |
| 迎头痛击phrase | yíng tóu tòng jī | to deliver a frontal assault |
| 逢迎verb | féng yíng | to fawn on |
迎 appears in 50 compound words: 66 as the first character, 26 as the last, and 8 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 迎 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (13)
proceed with determination; catch up forthwith; come up from behind; work [try] hard to catch up
Showing 10 of 13 idioms containing 迎.
Example Sentences
公司热烈欢迎新员工的加入。
Gōngsī rèliè huānyíng xīn yuángōng de jiārù.
The company warmly welcomes the joining of new employees.
上海乐高乐园迎开园后首个春节假期,正月初三刷新单日..
shàng hǎi lè gāo lè yuán yíng kāi yuán hòu shǒu gè chūn jié jiǎ qī , zhèng yuè chū sān shuā xīn dān rì . .
Shanghai Legoland welcomed the first Spring Festival holiday after the opening of the park, and the third day of the first lunar month refreshed a single day:
冬奥会|全天综合:中国速滑再迎突破 中井亚美领跑花..
dōng ào huì quán tiān zèng gě zhōng guó sù huá zài yíng tū pò zhōng jǐng yà měi lǐng pǎo huā . .
Winter Olympics|All Day Roundup: China's speed skating breaks through again, and Ami Nakai leads the way in flower...
新春纳福迎新,就来凯德虹口商业中心,福气好物一站式...
xīn chūn nà fú yíng xīn , jiù lái kǎi dé hóng kǒu shāng yè zhōng xīn , fú qì hǎo wù yī zhàn shì . . .
Come to CapitaLand Hongkou Commercial Center for a one-stop shop for good fortune...
新春走基层|拉萨:年货购销两旺 高原喜迎新年
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng lā sà nián huò gòu xiāo liǎng wàng gāo yuán xǐ yíng xīn nián
Spring Festival at the Grassroots Level | Lhasa: New Year Shopping Booms as Plateau Welcomes the New Year
首次举办新春市集,大学路迎来“最热闹的春节”
shǒu cì jǔ bàn xīn chūn shì jí , dà xué lù yíng lái zuì rè nào de chūn jié
University Road Hosts Its First-Ever Spring Festival Market, Marking Its "Livelyest Lunar New Year"
玛丽非常受欢迎，不是吗？
Mǎlì fēicháng shòuhuānyíng, bùshìma?
Mary is very popular, isn't she?
在不久的将来这些问题都会迎刃而解。
Zài bù jiǔ de jiānglái zhèxiē wèntí dōu huì yíngrèn'érjiě.
These problems will be solved in the near future.
他的曲和词都很受年轻人欢迎。
Tā de qǔ hé cí dōu hěn shòu niánqīngrén huānyíng.
His music and words appeal to young people.
许多人拒绝了欢迎会的邀请。
Xǔduō rén jùjué le huānyíng huì de yāoqǐng.
Many people rejected the invitation to the welcome party.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 辶 (walk) component
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