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迎

yíng

HSK 3 Character

What 迎 means

1. to welcome; to meet
2. to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

Example sentences

• 欢迎。
  Welcome.
• 欢迎!
  Welcome.
• 欢迎！
  Welcome!
• 欢迎光临！
  Huānyíng guānglín!
  Welcome.
• 欢迎再来。
  Do come again.
• 欢迎回家。
  Welcome home.

Words starting with 迎

• 迎接yíng jiēto welcome; to greet
• 迎面yíng miàndirectly; head-on (collision); (of wind) in one's face
• 迎来yíng láito welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
• 迎合yíng héto cater to; to pander to
• 迎风yíng fēngin the wind; facing the wind; downwind
• 迎新yíng xīnto see in the New Year; to welcome new guests; by extension, to receive new students
• 迎战yíng zhànto meet the enemy head-on
• 迎宾yíng bīnto welcome a guest; to entertain a customer (of prostitute)
• 迎面而来yíng miàn ér láidirectly; head-on (collision); in one's face (of wind)
• 迎刃而解yíng rèn ér jiělit. (bamboo) splits when it meets the knife's edge (idiom); fig. easily solved
• 迎娶yíng qǔ(of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding…
• 迎头yíng tóuto meet head-on; face-to-face; directly
• 迎亲yíng qīn(of the groom's family) to send a bridal sedan chair 花轿 to fetch the bride…
• 迎击yíng jīto face an attack; to repulse the enemy
• 迎来送往yíng lái sòng wǎnglit. to meet those arriving, to send of those departing (idiom)…
• 迎难而上yíng nán ér shàng(idiom) to press on in the face of challenges
• 迎头打击yíng tóu dǎ jīto hit head on
• 迎火yíng huǒbackfire (firefighting)
• 迎神赛会yíng shén sài huìfolk festival, esp. involving shrine or image of God
• 迎接挑战yíng jiē tiǎo zhànto meet a challenge
• 迎客松Yíng kè SōngGreeting Pine, symbol of Huangshan 黄山
• 迎头痛击yíng tóu tòng jīto deliver a frontal assault; to meet head-on (idiom)
• 迎风招展yíng fēng zhāo zhǎnto flutter in the wind (idiom)
• 迎敌yíng díto go out from one's position to confront the enemy

Words containing 迎

• 欢迎huān yíngto welcome; welcome
• 相迎xiāng yíngto welcome sb; to greet sb
• 出迎chū yíngto greet; to go out to meet
• 失迎shī yíngfailure to meet; (humble language) I'm sorry not to have come to meet you personally
• 受欢迎shòu huān yíngto be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
• 不受欢迎bù shòu huān yíngunwelcome
• 布防迎战bù fáng yíng zhànto prepare to meet the enemy head-on
• 欢迎光临huān yíng guāng línWelcome! (used by staff to greet customers when they enter a shop or restaurant)
• 有失远迎yǒu shī yuǎn yíng(polite) excuse me for not going out to meet you
• 笑脸相迎xiào liǎn xiāng yíngto welcome sb with a smiling face (idiom)
• 爱彼迎Ài bǐ yíngAirbnb
• 送旧迎新sòng jiù yíng xīnusher out the old, greet the new; esp. to see in the New Year
• 夹道欢迎jiā dào huān yíngto line the streets in welcome
• 奉迎fèng yíng(honorific) to greet; to fawn
• 逢迎féng yíngto fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face
• 曲意逢迎qū yì féng yíngto bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate…
• 送往迎来sòng wǎng yíng láisee 迎来送往

Characters that look like 迎

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

• 迪díto enlighten
• 沥lìto drip; to strain or filter; a trickle
• 迥jiǒngdistant
• 侥jiǎoby mere luck
• 迂yūliteral-minded; pedantic; doctrinaire
• 驸fùprince consort

Sounds the same

Read yíng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 赢to beat; to win; to profit
• 营camp; barracks; battalion
• 盈full; filled; surplus
• 莹luster of gems
• 瀛ocean
• 滢clear; limpid (of water)
• 萤firefly; glow-worm
• 蝇fly; musca
• 荧a glimmer; glimmering; twinkling
• 萦(literary) to wind around
• 楹pillar
• 茔(literary) a grave