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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

迎 (Kangxi radical 162, 辵+4, 8 strokes in traditional Chinese and Korean, 7 strokes in mainland China and Japanese, cangjie input 卜竹女中 (YHVL), four-corner 3730₂, composition ⿺辶卬)

Derived characters

• 𠶐, 𭪧, 𫤏, 𨓑, 𥈁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1254, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38748
• Dae Jaweon: page 1736, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3821, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8FCE

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 迎
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
卬	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ
枊	*ŋaːŋ, *ŋaːŋs
昂	*ŋaːŋ
仰	*ŋaŋʔ, *ŋaŋs
迎	*ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs

Characters in the same phonetic series (卬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ŋaŋ, *ŋraŋs): semantic 辶 + phonetic 卬 (OC *ŋaːŋ, *ŋaŋʔ).

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋra-k/ŋ (“to meet; to encounter”). Cognate with Burmese ငြင်း (ngrang:, “to refuse to obey; to argue”). Within Chinese, it is related to:

• 禦 (OC *ŋaʔ, *ŋas, “to defend”)
• 迕 (OC *ŋaːs, “to meet; to go against”)
• 迓 (OC *ŋraːs, “to receive; to defend”)
• 溯 (OC *sŋaːɡs, “to go upstream”)
• 逆 (OC *ŋraɡ, “to greet; to go against; to resist”)

Pronunciation 1

trad.		迎
simp. #		迎
2nd round simp.		迊

Rime
Character	迎
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	語京切
Baxter	ngjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiæŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiaŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiaŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐŋ/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yíng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing4

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迎
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yíng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjæng ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ<r>aŋ/
English	go to meet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	迎
Reading #	1/2
No.	34
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迎
Old Chinese	/*ŋaŋ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yíng (ying²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): йин (yin, I)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiàng

  (Hailu, HRS): ngiang

  (Meixian, Guangdong): ngiang²

• Jin (Wiktionary): ing¹
• Northern Min (KCR): nia̿ng
• Eastern Min (BUC): ngiàng / ngìng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ngia² / ngyng² / nging²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): ngiâ / gêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngêng⁵ / ngiêng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gnin
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): in²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíng
    • Wade–Giles: ying²
    • Yale: yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yng
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: йин (yin, I)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ²⁴/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁴
    • Yale: yìhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàng
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiang^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯aŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiang
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiaŋ⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: ngiang²
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋiaŋ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: ing¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iŋ¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nia̿ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niaŋ³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: ngiàng / ngìng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiaŋ⁵³/, /ŋiŋ⁵³/

Note:

• ngiàng - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to become dry; to stick up”);
• ngìng - literary (“to welcome, to meet; to face; to flatter”).

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngia²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngiá
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋia¹³/
  • (Xianyou, Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: ngyng²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋyŋ¹³/
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nging²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: ngíng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋiŋ¹³/
Note:
• ngia2 - vernacular (“to carry on hands or shoulders”);
• ngyng2 - vernacular;
• nging2 - literary.
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiâ
    • Tâi-lô: ngiâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋiã¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ŋiã²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiã²³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng
    • Tâi-lô: gîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: geeng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴/
Note:
• ngiâ - vernacular (“to parade through the streets; to meet, to greet”);
• gêng - literary.
• • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngêng⁵ / ngiêng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngêng / ngiêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋeŋ⁵⁵/, /ŋieŋ⁵⁵/
Note:
• ngêng5 - Shantou;
• ngiêng5 - Chaozhou.
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnin
    • MiniDict: nyin^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyin
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲin²³/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: in²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /in¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjaeng

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ<r>aŋ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋaŋ/

Definitions

迎

1. to receive; to welcome; to greet; to meet

   歡迎／欢迎  ―  huānyíng  ―  welcome

2. to flatter; to ingratiate with
3. to face; to go against; to do something in face of ...; to forge ahead

   迎著風跑／迎著风跑  ―  yíngzhe fēng pǎo  ―  to run against the wind

4. (obsolete) to predict; to forecast
5. (Min) to escort (a god, hero etc.) through the streets; to parade through the streets
6. (Puxian Min) to carry on hands or shoulders
7. (Eastern Min, of food) to become dry (due to exposure to the wind)
8. (Eastern Min, of hair) to stick up; to become erect
9. a surname

Usage notes

In the sense to face, often followed by 著／着 (zhe).

Synonyms

• (to face):

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• 朝向 (cháoxiàng)
• 正視 / 正视 (zhèngshì)
• 瀕臨 / 濒临 (bīnlín)
• 直視 / 直视 (zhíshì)
• 直面 (zhímiàn)
• 面向 (miànxiàng)
• 面對 / 面对 (miànduì)
• 面臨 / 面临 (miànlín)

Compounds

• 倒屣相迎 (dàoxǐxiāngyíng)
• 倒屣而迎
• 倒屣迎之
• 倒屣迎賓 / 倒屣迎宾
• 倒履相迎
• 出迎 (chūyíng)
• 善氣迎人 / 善气迎人
• 大迎枕
• 失迎 (shīyíng)
• 夾道歡迎 / 夹道欢迎
• 奔走逢迎
• 奉迎 (fèngyíng)
• 弔賀迎送 / 吊贺迎送
• 恭迎 (gōngyíng)
• 承迎
• 承順逢迎 / 承顺逢迎
• 揣合逢迎
• 擁彗迎門 / 拥彗迎门
• 曲意逢迎 (qūyìféngyíng)
• 歡迎 / 欢迎 (huānyíng)
• 水送山迎
• 竭誠歡迎 / 竭诚欢迎
• 賣俏迎奸
• 迎來送往 / 迎来送往
• 迎候 (yínghòu)
• 迎刃而解 (yíngrèn'érjiě)
• 迎向
• 迎合 (yínghé)
• 迎妝 / 迎妆
• 迎姦賣俏 / 迎奸卖俏
• 迎娶 (yíngqǔ)
• 迎婿日
• 迎年
• 迎意承旨
• 迎戰 / 迎战 (yíngzhàn)
• 迎手
• 迎接 (yíngjiē)
• 迎擊 / 迎击 (yíngjī)
• 迎敵 / 迎敌 (yíngdí)
• 迎新 (yíngxīn)
• 迎新送故
• 迎新送舊 / 迎新送旧
• 迎日
• 迎日推策
• 迎日推筴 / 迎日推策
• 迎春 (yíngchūn)
• 迎春花 (yíngchūnhuā)
• 迎會 / 迎会
• 迎歡買俏 / 迎欢买俏
• 迎睇
• 迎神 (yíngshén)
• 迎神賽會 / 迎神赛会 (yíngshén sàihuì)
• 迎紫姑
• 迎親 / 迎亲 (yíngqīn)
• 迎賓 / 迎宾 (yíngbīn)
• 迎迓 (yíngyà)
• 迎阿
• 迎難而上 / 迎难而上 (yíngnán'érshàng)
• 迎靈 / 迎灵
• 迎面 (yíngmiàn)
• 迎頭 / 迎头 (yíngtóu)
• 迎頭兒 / 迎头儿
• 迎頭棒喝 / 迎头棒喝
• 迎頭痛擊 / 迎头痛击 (yíngtóutòngjī)
• 迎頭趕上 / 迎头赶上 (yíngtóu gǎnshàng)
• 迎風 / 迎风 (yíngfēng)
• 迎風冒雪 / 迎风冒雪
• 迎風待月 / 迎风待月
• 迎風搖曳 / 迎风摇曳
• 迎養 / 迎养
• 送往迎來 / 送往迎来
• 送故迎新
• 送舊迎新 / 送旧迎新
• 逢迎 (féngyíng)
• 逢迎色笑
• 遠迎 / 远迎
• 郊迎
• 阿諛逢迎 / 阿谀逢迎

Pronunciation 2

trad.		迎
simp. #		迎

Rime
Character	迎
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)
Final (韻)	庚 (111)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	魚敬切
Baxter	ngjaengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋˠiæŋH/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋᵚiaŋH/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋiaŋH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋiajŋH/
Li Rong	/ŋiɐŋH/
Wang Li	/ŋĭɐŋH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ŋi̯ɐŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	yìng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jing6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	迎
Reading #	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	yìng
Middle Chinese	‹ ngjængH ›
Old Chinese	/*ŋ<r>aŋ-s/
English	go to meet
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	迎
Reading #	2/2
No.	35
Phonetic component	卬
Rime group	陽
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	迎
Old Chinese	/*ŋraŋs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yìng (ying⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yìng
    • Wade–Giles: ying⁴
    • Yale: yìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yinq
    • Palladius: ин (in)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jing⁶
    • Yale: yihng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²²/

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• Middle Chinese: ngjaengH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ŋ<r>aŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ŋraŋs/

Definitions

迎

1. (obsolete) to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
2. 42nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌯)

Compounds

• 親迎 / 亲迎