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拥

yōng

HSK 5 Character Traditional 擁

What 拥 means

1. to hold in one's arms; to embrace
2. to surround; to gather around
3. to throng; to swarm
4. bound formto support (as in {拥护|yōng hù})
5. literaryto have; to possess
6. Taiwan pr. yǒng

Example sentences

• 他们拥抱。
  They hugged.
• 他们互拥。
  They hugged each other.
• 他们拥吻着。
  They are hugging and kissing.
• 她想拥抱他。
  She wants to hug him.
• 你拥有枪支吗？
  Nǐ yōngyǒu qiāngzhī ma?
  Do you own a gun?
• 你将拥有什幺？
  What will you have?

Words starting with 拥

• 拥有yōng yǒuto have; to possess; to own
• 拥抱yōng bàoto embrace; to hug
• 拥挤yōng jǐcrowded; to throng; congestion
• 拥护yōng hùto endorse; to support
• 拥堵yōng dǔ(of traffic) to become congested; congestion
• 拥戴yōng dàito give one's allegiance; (popular) support
• 拥挤不堪yōng jǐ bù kānovercrowded; jam-packed
• 拥护者yōng hù zhěsupporter (person)
• 拥塞yōng sèto be clogged up; to be congested (traffic, computer network etc)
• 拥立yōng lì(formal) to back sb as leader
• 拥有权yōng yǒu quánright of ownership
• 拥兵自重yōng bīng zì zhòng(of a warlord etc) to assemble one's personal army, thereby presenting a challenge to the…
• 拥吻yōng wěnto hug and kiss
• 拥趸yōng dǔnfan; fanatic

Words containing 拥

• 簇拥cù yōngto crowd around; to escort
• 蜂拥fēng yōngto swarm; to flock; to throng
• 一拥而上yī yōng ér shàngto swarm around; flocking (to see)
• 蜂拥而至fēng yōng ér zhìto arrive in huge numbers; to flock there
• 相拥xiāng yōngto hug each other
• 双拥shuāng yōngmutual support between the military and the people – specifically, support provided by…
• 左拥右抱zuǒ yōng yòu bào(idiom) to have a girl on each arm
• 交通拥挤jiāo tōng yōng jǐtraffic congestion
• 一拥而入yī yōng ér rùto swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
• 徒拥虚名tú yōng xū míngsee 徒有虚名

Characters built on 用

These share the phonetic component 用 (yòng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 甬yǒngpath screened by walls on both sides
• 痈yōngcarbuncle

Characters that look like 拥

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 拒jùto resist; to repel; to refuse
• 佣yōngto hire; to employ; servant
• 拯zhěngto raise; to aid; to support
• 拐guǎito turn (a corner etc); to kidnap; to swindle
• 拇mǔthumb; big toe
• 恫dòngfrighten

Sounds the same

Read yōng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 佣to hire; to employ; servant
• 庸ordinary; to use
• 雍harmony
• 慵lethargic
• 镛large bell
• 臃used in 臃肿
• 墉fortified wall; city wall
• 壅to obstruct; to stop up; to heap soil around the roots of a plant
• 邕city surrounded by a moat; old variant of 雍; old variant of 壅
• 痈carbuncle
• 饔(literary) cooked food; breakfast
• 廱harmonious