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涌

yǒng

HSK 6 Character Traditional 湧

What 涌 means

1. to well up; to gush forth; to surge

Other readings

涌 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chōng(used in place names)
• yǒngvariant of {涌|yǒng}

Example sentences

• 难民从整个国家涌来。
  Nànmín cóng zhěnggè guójiā yǒng lái.
  Refugees poured in from all over the country.
• 她的眼里涌出了泪水。
  Tā de yǎn lǐ yǒngchū le lèishuǐ.
  Her eyes gushed with tears.
• 剧场里涌出一大群人。
  A stream of people came out of the theater.
• 他的眼里涌动着泪花。
  His eyes were filled with tears.
• 洪水涌到了窗户的高度。
  The flood water reached the level of the windows.
• 数以千计的人涌向了诺姆。
  Shùyǐqiānjì de rén yǒng xiàng le nuò mǔ.
  Thousands of people rushed to Nome.

Words starting with 涌

• 涌现yǒng xiànto emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently
• 涌出yǒng chūto gush; to gush out; to pour out
• 涌动yǒng dòng(of water, people, thoughts etc) to surge; to well up and flow; to move in waves
• 涌起yǒng qǐto well up; to boil out; to bubble forth
• 涌入yǒng rùto come pouring in; influx
• 涌进yǒng jìnto spill; to overflow (of water, crowds); to crowd (into a space)
• 涌泉yǒng quángushing spring; see 涌泉穴
• 涌流yǒng liúto gush; to spurt
• 涌浪yǒng làngswell; billows; surging waves
• 涌泉穴yǒng quán xué(TCM) acupuncture point KI-1, located on the sole
• 涌泉相报yǒng quán xiāng bàoto repay a kindness many times over (from the saying 滴水之恩，滴水之恩，当涌泉相报
• 涌溢yǒng yìto well up; to spill out (of water from a spring)

Words containing 涌

• 波涛汹涌bō tāo xiōng yǒngwaves surging forth; roaring sea
• 汹涌xiōng yǒngto surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent
• 风起云涌fēng qǐ yún yǒngto surge like a gathering storm (idiom); to grow by leaps and bounds
• 喷涌pēn yǒngto bubble out; to squirt
• 泉涌quán yǒngto gush
• 河涌hé chōngtributary; branch of a river
• 浪涌làng yǒng(electrical) surge
• 潮涌cháo yǒngto surge like the tide
• 翻涌fān yǒngto roll over and over (of billows or clouds)
• 蜂涌fēng yǒngto swarm; to flock
• 云涌yún yǒngin large numbers; in force; lit. clouds bubbling up
• 风起潮涌fēng qǐ cháo yǒnglit. wind rises, tide bubbles up; turbulent times; violent development (idiom)
• 掀涌xiān yǒngto seethe; to bubble up
• 葵涌Kuí chōngKwai Chung (area in Hong Kong); Kwai Cheong

Characters built on 甬

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

• 通tōngto go through; to know well; (suffix) expert
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 勇yǒngbrave
• 桶tǒngbucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc)
• 诵sòngto read aloud; to recite
• 捅tǒngto poke; to jab; to give (sb) a nudge; to prod; to disclose; to reveal
• 恿yǒngused in 怂恿
• 踊yǒngleap

Characters that look like 涌

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

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 浦pǔriver bank; shore; river drainage ditch (old)
• 渔yúfisherman; to fish
• 浊zhuóturbid; muddy; impure
• 淄zīblack; name of a river
• 涟liánripple; tearful

Sounds the same

Read yǒng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 泳swimming; to swim
• 永forever; always; perpetual
• 勇brave
• 踊leap
• 咏to sing
• 蛹chrysalis; pupa
• 恿used in 怂恿
• 俑wooden figures buried with the dead
• 甬path screened by walls on both sides
• 禜sacrifice
• 埇raised path
• 栐(archaic) a kind of tree whose timber was used to make ceremonial tablets 笏