HSK 6 · Verbs

逢 féng “to come across” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 逢 means

  1. to come across
  2. to encounter
  3. whenever (an occasion comes)
  4. to meet by chance
  5. (of a calendar event) to come along
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • (of an event) to fall on (a particular day)

How to say 逢

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale逢féng2nd tone, rising

逢 in a sentence

  1. 我父亲每逢星期天都会去打高尔夫球。

    Wǒ fùqīn měi féng xīngqītiān dōu huì qù dǎ gāo'ěrfūqiú.

    My father plays golf every Sunday.

    Sentence #532179 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 你所要做的便是好好把握这千载难逢的机会。

    Nǐ suǒ yào zuò de biàn shì hǎohǎo bǎwò zhè qiānzǎinánféng de jīhuì.

    All you have to do is make the most of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

    Sentence #1238314 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 有缘千里来相会，无缘对面不相逢。

    Yǒu yuán qiānlǐ lái xiānghuì, wú yuán duìmiàn bù xiāngféng.

    Those fated to meet will meet though a thousand miles apart; those not fated won’t meet even face to face.

    Sentence #419758 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 逢 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 逢 (féng) with each of its parts in a different colour
逢féngto meet by chance
  • 夆to resist · féngSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 夆 (féng) hints at the sound. Compare it with féng.

How to write 逢

逢 10 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

逢 (féng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it
Stroke order chart for 逢 (féng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 逢

More words: Common Verbs

访问fǎngwèn · to visit防止fángzhǐ · to prevent反抗fǎnkàng · to resist发扬fāyáng · to carry forward封闭fēngbì · to seal off奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate分散fēnsàn · to scatter粉碎fěnsuì · to smash

FAQs

逢 (féng) means “to come across” or “to encounter”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it féng: féng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 逢 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type feng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 逢 from the suggestions. Typing feng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
逢 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.