HSK 3 · Verbs

欢迎 huānyíng “to welcome” in Chinese

Traditional 歡迎

What 欢迎 means

  1. to welcome
  2. greet

How to say 欢迎

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale欢huān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迎yíng2nd tone, rising

欢迎 in a sentence

  1. 欢迎来到中国！

    Huānyíng láidào Zhōngguó!

    Welcome to China!

    Sentence #9977491 from Tatoeba

  2. 欢迎回来。我们想你了！

    Huānyíng huílai. Wǒmen xiǎng nǐ le!

    Welcome back. We missed you!

    Sentence #793946 from Tatoeba

  3. 欢迎再来。

    Huānyíng zài lái.

    Please come again.

    Sentence #340646 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 欢迎 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 欢 (huān) with each of its parts in a different colour
欢huānjoyous
  • 又again · yòu
  • 欠yawn · qiàn

Memory aidSimplified from 歡. 欠 is a person with an open mouth: laughing out loud with joy.

The character 迎 (yíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
迎yíngto welcome; to meet
  • 卬lofty · ángSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 卬 (áng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yíng.

How to write 欢迎

欢 6 strokes · 迎 7 strokes

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

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

Words related to 欢迎

Words with 欢

喜欢xǐhuan · to like联欢liánhuān · to have a get-together欢乐huānlè · joy

Words with 迎

迎接yíngjiē · to welcome迎面yíngmiàn · head-on

More words: Thinking & Talking

复习fùxí · revise感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in关心guānxīn · concerned about/with害怕hàipà · afraid of回答huídá · to reply记得jìde · remember检查jiǎnchá · to check讲jiǎng · to talk

FAQs

欢迎 (huānyíng) means “to welcome” or “greet”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it huānyíng: huān with a 1st tone, then yíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 欢迎 is written 歡迎. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type huanying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 欢迎 from the suggestions. Typing huanying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
欢迎 is an HSK 3 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.