迎 yíng — to welcome; to greet; to meet; to receive; to usher; to salute
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Level 1 · Common HSK 3 #822
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Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (形声。从辵( chuò)。本义:遇，相逢)
- meet e.g 迎霜
- welcome;greet e.g 迎宾 迎风板子 · 迎猪 · 迎枕 · 迎年 · 迎气 · 迎将 · 迎劳 · 迎新送旧 · 迎銮
- pander to e.g 迎阿 · 迎意 · 迎望 · 迎时 · 迎逢 · 迎附
- forecast;calculate
- surrender;capitulate
preposition
- be directed at;face e.g 迎风飞翔 · 迎见 · 迎潮 · 迎流
Related words
- 欢迎 to welcome; to greet; to welcome warmly; to embrace; reception; welcome
- 迎接 to welcome; to greet; to meet; to receive; to usher; to go out to meet
- 迎面 head-on; face-to-face; directly; in one's face; straight at; right in front
- 迎春 to welcome spring
- 迎战 to meet the enemy head-on; to go into battle against; to face; to engage in comb
- 迎合 to cater to; to pander to; to play up to; to kowtow to; to accommodate
- 迎风 against the wind; facing the wind
- 相迎 to welcome; to greet
- 迎刃而解 to be solved easily; to be resolved at once
- 迎候 to await in welcome; to wait to greet
- 出迎 to greet/to go out to meet
- 迎头 to meet head-on/face-to-face/directly
- 迎送 to welcome and see off; to receive and bid farewell
- 迎新 to welcome newcomers; to see the New Year in
- 迎头赶上 to catch up right at the head; to close the gap quickly
- 迎击 to face an attack/to repulse the enemy
- 逢迎 to fawn on; to ingratiate; to cater to; to pander; to flatter; to curry favor
- 笑脸相迎 to welcome with a beaming smile
- 恭迎 to welcome respectfully
- 迎来送往 to welcome arrivals and speed departures; to be busy with social reception