Chinese

歡迎

huānyíng
to welcome
  • TOCFL 3
  • 懽迎
  • 欢迎
  • 欢迊

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  • characterChinese歡 “happy; pleased; glad; joyous”
    • soundChinese雚 “original form of 鸛／鹳 (guàn, “stork; heron”)”
    • meaningChinese欠 “to lack; to be deficient”
  • characterChinese迎 “to receive; to welcome; to greet; to meet”
    • meaningChinese辵 “to walk for a while and be still for a while”
      • ideaChinese彳 “to walk slowly”
      • ideaChinese止 “foot”
    • soundChinese卬 “I; me”
      • ideaChinese匕 “a kind of spoon in ancient China”
      • ideaChinese卩 “kneeling person”

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