迎

• 拼音: yíng
• 汉字拆解: 迎 = 辶 (walk/movement) + 卬 (face upward — phonetic and semantic: moving toward someone)

含义

To welcome; to greet; to go to meet someone. Also used as a prefix meaning 'facing towards' (e.g., 迎面 — head-on).

Used in both physical and ceremonial senses: physically moving to meet someone, and formally welcoming guests or visitors. Appears in compounds like 欢迎 (welcome), 迎接 (to receive/greet), 迎面 (head-on), and 迎合 (to cater to). Carries a warm, positive connotation of initiative and hospitality.

例句

1. 国家元首专机抵达后，东道国外长率礼宾团队在停机坪上相迎，随后陪同前往国宾馆参加晚宴。
2. 春节前后，闽南古村人声鼎沸，返乡游子陆续归来，长辈们早早在村口相迎，团圆场景格外动人。
3. 酒店要求管家在宾客抵达前十分钟站好位置，迎接每位入住客人。

用法指南

语境: ceremony, hospitality, social

语气: warm

正确说法

• 寺里每年佛诞前后举行法会，住持率僧众在山门前列队相迎信众和游客。(Around Buddha's birthday each year, the temple holds a dharma assembly, and the abbot leads the monks to line up at the mountain gate and welcome devotees and visitors.)
• 新总部启用当天，董事长亲自在大堂入口迎候受邀嘉宾，赢得好评。(On the day the new headquarters opened, the chairman personally waited at the lobby entrance to welcome the invited guests, winning praise.)

错误说法

• 我迎了他很久 — 迎 alone is rarely used with a duration complement; say 我等候他很久 (I waited for him a long time) or 我在门口等了他很久才迎到他 for the sense of finally greeting after waiting

起源与历史

迎 = 辶 (movement radical) + 卬 (phonetic component meaning to face upward/toward) — originally depicted someone walking forward to meet another person

文化背景

时代: Classical–Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal