HSK 6 · Verbs

涌现 yǒngxiàn “to emerge” in Chinese

Traditional 湧現

What 涌现 means

  1. to emerge
  2. to spring up
  3. to emerge in large numbers
  4. to emerge prominently

How to say 涌现

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale涌yǒng3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale现xiàn4th tone, falling

涌现 in a sentence

  1. 这几年涌现出了很多年轻的作家。

    Zhè jǐ nián yǒngxiàn chū le hěn duō niánqīng de zuòjiā.

    Lots of young writers have emerged in recent years.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 看到这张照片，过去的回忆一下子涌现出来。

    Kàndào zhè zhāng zhàopiàn, guòqù de huíyì yíxiàzi yǒngxiàn chulai.

    Seeing this photo, old memories came flooding back.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 涌现 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 涌 (yǒng) with each of its parts in a different colour
涌yǒngto well up; to gush forth; to surge
  • 氵water form of 水 · shuǐMeaning part
  • 甬path · tǒngSound part

氵 hints at the meaning (water); 甬 (tǒng) hints at the sound. Compare it with yǒng.

The character 现 (xiàn) with each of its parts in a different colour
现xiànto appear
  • 王king · wáng
  • 见to see · jiàn

Memory aid王 here is jade 玉, and 见 gives the sound (it was once also read xiàn, “to appear”). Picture jade catching the eye: to appear, now.

How to write 涌现

涌 10 strokes · 现 8 strokes

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

Words related to 涌现

Words with 涌

汹涌xiōngyǒng · surging

Words with 现

现在xiànzài · now发现fāxiàn · discover出现chūxiàn · to appear现金xiànjīn · cash现代xiàndài · modern times表现biǎoxiàn · to show实现shíxiàn · to achieve体现tǐxiàn · to embody现实xiànshí · reality现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon

More words: Common Verbs

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FAQs

涌现 (yǒngxiàn) means “to emerge” or “to spring up”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yǒngxiàn: yǒng with a 3rd tone, then xiàn 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, 涌现 is written 湧現. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yongxian with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 涌现 from the suggestions. Typing yongxian into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
涌现 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.