迎 yíng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 卬 lofty
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
迎面
yíngmiàn
head-on; from the front
Characters in this word
面 miàn
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 面 — face
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 他刚走出地铁站，一阵冷风就迎面扑来。 Tā gāng zǒu chū dìtiězhàn, yí zhèn lěngfēng jiù yíngmiàn pū lái. As soon as he walked out of the underground station, a gust of cold wind rushed at him head-on.
- 迎面走来的那个人正是我多年不见的老同学。 Yíngmiàn zǒu lái de nà ge rén zhèngshì wǒ duō nián bú jiàn de lǎo tóngxué. The person walking toward me was exactly my old classmate whom I had not seen for many years.
- 山顶上迎面吹来的风十分凉爽，让人心情舒畅。 Shāndǐng shàng yíngmiàn chuī lái de fēng shífēn liángshuǎng, ràng rén xīnqíng shūchàng. The wind blowing straight into your face on the peak is very refreshing and lifts your spirits.
Related words
- 欢迎 huānyíng to welcome
- 迎接 yíngjiē to welcome; to meet
- 迎合 yínghé to cater to; to pander to
- 见面 jiànmiàn to meet, to see each other
- 面包 miànbāo bread
- 面条儿 miàntiáor noodles
- 对面 duìmiàn opposite; across from
- 方便面 fāngbiànmiàn instant noodles
- 方面 fāngmiàn aspect; side
- 面 miàn face, side (a measure word for flat things)
- 面 miàn noodles
- 面前 miànqián in front of