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逢

féng

HSK 6 Character

What 逢 means

1. to meet by chance
2. to come across
3. (of a calendar event) to come along
4. (of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
5. to fawn upon

Example sentences

• 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。
  Yǒuyuán qiānlǐ lái xiānghuì, wúyuán duìmiàn bù xiāngféng.
  Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.
• 我父亲每逢星期天都会去打高尔夫球。
  Wǒ fùqīn měiféng Xīngqītiān dōu huì qù dǎgāo'ěrfūqiú.
  My father plays golf every Sunday.
• 你所要做的便是好好把握这千载难逢的机会。
  Nǐ suǒ yào zuò de biànshì hǎohǎo bǎwò zhè qiānzǎinánféng de jīhuì.
  All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.
• 他在街市卖鱼卖了许多年了，这些年来每逢星期二都会在街市见到他。
  Tā zài jiē shì mài yú mài le xǔduō nián le, zhèxiē niánlái měiféng Xīngqī'èr dōu huì zài jiē shì jiàndào tā.
  For years he has been at the market every Tuesday morning with his fish stall.

Words starting with 逢

• 逢年过节féng nián guò jiéduring holidays and festivals; on festive occasions such as New Year
• 逢场作戏féng chǎng zuò xìlit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun…
• 逢迎féng yíngto fawn on; to ingratiate oneself; (literary) to meet face to face
• 逢集féng jímarket day
• 逢人便讲féng rén biàn jiǎngto tell anybody one happens to meet
• 逢凶化吉féng xiōng huà jímisfortune turns to blessing (idiom); to turn an inauspicious start to good account
• 逢俉féng wúto come across sth scary; to have a fright

Words containing 逢

• 每逢měi féngevery time; on each occasion; whenever
• 相逢xiāng féngto meet (by chance); to come across
• 重逢chóng féngto meet again; to be reunited; reunion
• 适逢shì féngto just happen to coincide with
• 千载难逢qiān zǎi nán féngextremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
• 萍水相逢píng shuǐ xiāng féngstrangers coming together by chance (idiom)
• 久别重逢jiǔ bié chóng féngto meet again after a long period of separation
• 左右逢源zuǒ yòu féng yuánlit. to strike water right and left (idiom); fig. to turn everything into gold…
• 欣逢xīn féngon the happy occasion of
• 遭逢zāo féngto encounter (sth unpleasant)
• 丘逢甲Qiū Féng jiǎQiu Fengjia or Ch'iu Feng-chia (1864-1912), Taiwanese Hakkanese poet
• 曲意逢迎qū yì féng yíngto bow down to everything sb says or does; to act submissively in order to ingratiate…
• 枯木逢春kū mù féng chūnlit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom); fig. to get a new lease on life…
• 棋逢对手qí féng duì shǒuto be evenly matched; to meet one's match
• 正逢其时zhèng féng qí shíto come at the right time; to be opportune
• 狭路相逢xiá lù xiāng fénglit. to meet face to face on a narrow path (idiom)…
• 生不逢时shēng bù féng shíborn at the wrong time (idiom); unlucky (esp. to complain about one's fate)…
• 绝处逢生jué chù féng shēng(idiom) to find a way to survive when everything seems hopeless
• 适逢其会shì féng qí huì(idiom) to happen to be in the right place at the right time
• 人生何处不相逢rén shēng hé chù bù xiāng féngit's a small world (idiom)
• 屋漏偏逢连夜雨wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔwhen it rains, it pours (idiom)
• 每逢佳节倍思亲měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīndoubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王维
• 酒逢知己千杯少jiǔ féng zhī jǐ qiān bēi shǎoa thousand cups of wine is not too much when best friends meet (idiom)…
• 棋逢敌手qí féng dí shǒusee 棋逢对手

Characters built on 夆

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

• 峰fēng(of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit; mountain-like in appearance…
• 蜂fēngbee; wasp
• 锋fēngpoint of a spear; edge of a tool; vanguard
• 烽fēngbeacon fire

Characters that look like 逢

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

• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 途túway; route; road
• 透tòu(bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly…
• 捷jiévictory; triumph; quick
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 逵kuícrossroads; thoroughfare

Sounds the same

Read féng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 缝to sew; to stitch
• 夆to butt (as horned animals)
• 摓wide; to sew
• 漨(name of an ancient river)
• 冯surname Feng
• 浲old variant of 漨; (used in place names)
• 綘variant of 缝