拥 (yōng): to hold in one's arms, to embrace, to surround, to gather around, to throng, to swarm
拥 (yōng) is a Chinese character meaning “to hold in one's arms.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 扌 (semantic) and 用 (phonetic). It ranks #1058 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 拥 hand. Its radical form 扌 (hand) appears in many related characters such as 手 (shǒu, hand), 打 (dǎ, hit, make), 找 (zhǎo, to look for).
Definitions
- to hold in one's arms
- to embrace
- to surround
- to gather around
- to throng
- to swarm
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 拥
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拥护verb | yōng hù | to endorse |
| 蜂拥而至phrase | fēng yōng ér zhì | to arrive in huge numbers |
| 拥堵verb | yōng dǔ | (of traffic) to become congested |
| 蜂拥verb | fēng yōng | to swarm |
| 拥戴verb | yōng dài | to give one's allegiance |
| 拥挤不堪 | yōng jǐ bù kān | overcrowded |
| 簇拥verb | cù yōng | to crowd around |
| 一拥而上phrase | yī yōng ér shàng | to swarm around |
| 拥塞verb | yōng sè | to be clogged up |
| 一拥而入phrase | yī yōng ér rù | to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom) |
| 拥兵自重phrase | yōng bīng zì zhòng | (of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the central government |
| 拥有权 | yōng yǒu quán | right of ownership |
| 拥护者noun | yōng hù zhě | supporter (person) |
| 相拥 | xiāng yōng | to hug each other |
| 拥立 | yōng lì | (formal) to back sb as leader |
拥 appears in 24 compound words: 58 as the first character, 17 as the last, and 25 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 拥 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (6)
to control a sizable army and defy orders from higher or central authorities
Example Sentences
粉丝们热情地拥抱着偶像，场面十分感人。
Fěnsīmen rèqíng de yōngbàozhe ǒuxiàng, chǎngmiàn shífēn gǎnrén.
Fans warmly embraced their idol; the scene was very touching.
不只赢新加坡!是方坐拥三环网路 力拚超日赶港
bù zhī yíng xīn jiā pō ! shì fāng zuò yōng sān huán wǎng lù lì 拚 chāo rì gǎn gǎng
Don't just win Singapore! It is sitting on the third ring road and striving to catch up with Hong Kong
施振荣长期拥台积电!看好台湾农业世界强“超越电子业”...
shī zhèn róng cháng qī yōng tái jī diàn ! kàn hǎo tái wān nóng yè shì jiè qiáng chāo yuè diàn zǐ yè . . .
Shi Zhenrong has long owned TSMC! Optimistic about Taiwan's agricultural world's strong "surpassing the electronics industry"...
坐拥百万粉丝的他,为何归零重启,一头扎进金山...
zuò yōng bǎi mò fěn sī de tā , wéi hé guī líng chóng qǐ , yī tóu zhā jìn jīn shān . . .
He has millions of fans, why zero reboot, head into the gold mountain...
新冬能·场外音|关尹:超越胜负的拥抱比金牌更可贵
xīn dōng néng chǎng wài yīn guān 尹 chāo yuè shèng fù de yōng bào bǐ jīn pái gēng kě guì
New Dongneng - Off the field | Guan Yin: Embrace beyond victory is more valuable than gold medals
汤姆尝试拥抱玛丽。
Tāngmǔ chángshì yōngbào Mǎlì.
Tom tried to hug Mary.
人拥有得愈多，贪念就愈大。
Rén yōngyǒu de yù duō, tānniàn jiù yù dà.
The more we have, the greater our desire will be.
晴天，海滩总是很拥挤。
Qíngtiān, hǎitān zǒngshì hěn yōngjǐ.
On sunny days, the beach is very crowded.
汤姆拥有一台钢琴。
Tāngmǔ yōngyǒu yī tái gāngqín.
Tom has a piano.
大卫尝试拥抱阿曼达。
Dàwèi chángshì yōngbào āmàndá.
David tried to hug Amanda.
Character Family
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