HSK 5 · Family

拥抱 yōngbào “to embrace” in Chinese

Traditional 擁抱

What 拥抱 means

  1. to embrace
  2. to hug

How to say 拥抱

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale拥yōng1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale抱bào4th tone, falling

拥抱 in a sentence

  1. 在你们远离家乡之前请给父母一个拥抱。

    Zài nǐmen yuǎnlí jiāxiāng zhīqián qǐng gěi fùmǔ yí ge yōngbào.

    Before you leave home, give your parents a hug.

    Sentence #4906527 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 他张开双臂，似乎要拥抱这个世界。

    Tā zhāngkāi shuāngbì, sìhū yào yōngbào zhè ge shìjiè.

    He opened his arms wide, as if to embrace the world.

    Sentence #3575599 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你还想拥抱我一下吗？

    Nǐ hái xiǎng yōngbào wǒ yíxià ma?

    Do you still want to give me a hug?

    Sentence #6075666 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 拥抱 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 拥 (yōng) with each of its parts in a different colour
拥yōngto hold in one’s arms; to embrace
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 用use · yòngSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 用 (yòng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yōng.

The character 抱 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
抱bàoto hold
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 包wrap · bāo

How to write 拥抱

拥 8 strokes · 抱 8 strokes

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

Words related to 拥抱

Words with 拥

拥挤yōngjǐ · crowded拥护yōnghù · to support拥有yōngyǒu · to have

Words with 抱

抱bào · to hold抱歉bàoqiàn · to be sorry抱怨bàoyuàn · to complain抱负bàofù · aspiration

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FAQs

拥抱 (yōngbào) means “to embrace” or “to hug”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yōngbào: yōng with a 1st tone, then bào with a 4th 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, 拥抱 is written 擁抱. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongbao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 拥抱 from the suggestions. Typing yongbao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
拥抱 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.