(huān yíng) - welcome; to welcome in Mandarin

huānyíng

Traditional: 歡迎

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Translation

welcome; to welcome

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Word origin

欢迎 means 'to welcome': 欢 (huān, 'joyful', simplified from 歡) plus 迎 (yíng, 'to greet, to meet'), literally to greet with joy. 迎 carries 辶 (the movement radical) with 卬 (áng) as phonetic.

Origin
compound
Root
欢 (huān, joyful) + 迎 (yíng, to greet)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 欢

欢

Stroke order for 迎

迎

Examples

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Welcome to our company!

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You are always welcome to come to my home.

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His suggestions are very well received.

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The company welcomes all the new colleagues.

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We welcome your opinion.

欢迎 (huān yíng) means welcome as both a verb (to welcome someone) and an exclamation (Welcome!). 欢 means joy or delight, and 迎 means to greet or meet. Common uses include 欢迎来到... (welcome to...) and 受欢迎 (to be popular or well received - literally received with welcome). It can also preface an invitation: 欢迎参加 (welcome to join).

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This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 3: 欢迎, 看来, 只能 and 7 more words.