涌入

• Pinyin: yǒng rù
• Hanzi breakdown: 涌 = 氵+ 甬 (water + phonetic — surge); 入 = arrow entering opening (to enter)

Meaning

To pour into; to flood in; to stream into in large numbers. Describes a massive, rapid influx of people, things, or information into a space.

Combines 涌 (to surge) + 入 (to enter). Used for people flooding into cities or venues, capital pouring into markets, refugees streaming across borders, data flooding networks. Implies volume and momentum. More dramatic than 进入 (to enter) or 流入 (to flow in). Common in journalism, economic analysis, and social commentary.

Examples

1. 签证政策放开后，大量外国游客涌入这座中亚古城，给当地旅游设施带来压力。 After visa policies were relaxed, large numbers of foreign tourists poured into this ancient Central Asian city, putting pressure on local tourism facilities.
2. 央行下调存款准备金率和利率后，大量社会资金迅速涌入股市，成交额创下新高。 After the central bank cut the reserve requirement ratio and interest rates, large amounts of social capital quickly poured into the stock market, and trading volume reached a new high.
3. AI大模型商业化突破后，全球顶尖研究人才纷纷涌入这一赛道，人才格局也随之改变。 After the commercial breakthrough of large AI models, top research talent from around the world rushed into this field, and the talent landscape changed as a result.

Usage Guide

Context: journalism, economics, migration, markets

Tone: vivid

Do Say

• 自动驾驶监管框架落地后三个月，四十多家车企申请运营许可，风投也迅速涌入。(In the three months after the autonomous driving regulatory framework was put in place, more than forty car-tech companies applied for operating licenses, and venture capital also quickly poured in.)
• 春运期间，数十万旅客同时涌入高铁站候车大厅，场面壮观，也考验铁路部门的调度能力。(During the Spring Festival travel rush, hundreds of thousands of passengers simultaneously poured into the waiting halls of high-speed rail stations, creating a spectacular scene and testing the railway system's scheduling ability.)

Don't Say

• 我涌入了教室 — 涌入 describes a large collective influx, not individual movement; a single person entering a room is simply 走进 or 进入; only use 涌入 for mass flows of people, capital, or data

Origin & History

涌 (to surge — 氵water + 甬 phonetic) + 入 (to enter — pictograph of an arrow or object entering an opening)

Cultural Context

Era: Modern

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal