HSK 5 · Verbs

迎接 yíngjiē “to welcome” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 迎接 means

  1. to welcome
  2. to greet

How to say 迎接

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale迎yíng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale接jiē1st tone, high and level

迎接 in a sentence

  1. 她用一个微笑迎接了我。

    Tā yòng yí ge wēixiào yíngjiē le wǒ.

    She greeted me with a smile.

    Sentence #791348 from Tatoeba

  2. 我要去机场迎接我的家人。

    Wǒ yào qù jīchǎng yíngjiē wǒ de jiārén.

    I’m going to the airport to meet my family.

    Sentence #689830 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 准备好迎接挑战吧！

    Zhǔnbèi hǎo yíngjiē tiǎozhàn ba!

    Get ready to face the challenge!

    Sentence #9991979 from Tatoeba

How 迎接 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 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.

The character 接 (jiē) with each of its parts in a different colour
接jiēto receive
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 妾concubine · qièSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 妾 (qiè) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiē.

How to write 迎接

迎 7 strokes · 接 11 strokes

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

Words related to 迎接

Words with 迎

欢迎huānyíng · to welcome迎面yíngmiàn · head-on

Words with 接

接jiē · connect接受jiēshòu · to accept直接zhíjiē · direct (opposite: indirect 间接)接着jiēzhe · next接待jiēdài · to receive (visitors or guests)接触jiēchù · to touch接近jiējìn · to approach衔接xiánjiē · to link up间接jiànjiē · indirect接连jiēlián · in succession

More words: Common Verbs

咬yǎo · to bite移动yídòng · to move应付yìngfu · to deal with应用yìngyòng · to put to use预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent运输yùnshū · to transport运用yùnyòng · to use

FAQs

迎接 (yíngjiē) means “to welcome” or “to greet”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yíngjiē: yíng with a 2nd tone, then jiē with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 迎接 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingjie with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 迎接 from the suggestions. Typing yingjie into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
迎接 is an HSK 5 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.