Chinese Word: 拥 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

拥 (Trad.: 擁)HSK 5

Pinyin: yōng

English Definition: to hold; to embrace; to wrap around; to gather around (sb); to throng; to swarm; to support; Taiwan pr. [yong3]

Chinese Definition:
①抱：拥抱。
②围着：前呼后拥。
③推举，爱护：拥戴。拥护。
④聚到一块：拥挤。簇拥。
⑤具有：拥有。
⑥遮蔽：拥蔽(亦作“壅蔽”)。拥塞。

Total strokes: 8; Radical: 手

Pictophonetic: 用 indicates the sound; 扌 (hand) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 扌 [ shǒu ] hand
- 用 [ yòng ] to use, to employ, to apply; use

Similar Characters: 押佣

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Example Words

拥有	yōng yǒu	to have; to possess	HSK 6
拥护	yōng hù	to endorse; to support	HSK 6
拥挤	yōng jǐ	crowded; to throng; congestion	HSK 5
拥抱	yōng bào	to embrace; to hug	HSK 5
簇拥	cù yōng	to crowd around; to escort

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Example Sentences

1		wǒ men 我们 de 的 fáng jiān 房间 wài miàn 外面 shì 是 yī 一 tiáo 条 chǎng kāi 敞开 de 的 bù xíng dào 步行道， dào 道 hòu miàn 后面 shì 是 tài 太 yōng hé 拥河。 Outside our room was an open walkway, beyond that the Taiyong River.
2		gōng zhǔ 公主 de 的 yuè liàng 月亮 yí gè 一个 xiǎo 小 gōng zhǔ 公主 bìng 病 le 了， tā 她 jiāo hān 娇憨 de 的 gào sù 告诉 guó wáng 国王， rú guǒ 如果 tā 她 néng 能 yōng 拥 yuè liàng 月亮， bìng 病 jiù 就 huì 会 hǎo 好。 A little princess got sick one day, she told the king, "I would be fine if I could get the moon."
3		méi 没 cuò 错， guò qù 过去 guī yú 鲑鱼 fēi cháng 非常 fēng chǎn 丰产， duō 多 dào 到 yōng 拥 dào 到 hé chuáng 河床 shàng 上， wǒ men 我们 shèn zhì 甚至 kě yǐ 可以 yòng 用 shǒu 手 jiù 就 bǎ 把 tā men 它们 cóng 从 hé lǐ 河里 lāo 捞 chū 出 lái 来。 Yes, it was plentiful in the past. We could go out and almost pull them out of the river with our hands because they would come up the river thick.
4		dàn shì 但是 sà mǔ 萨姆 zhǐ shì 只是 yōng 拥 zhe 着 wǒ 我， shuō 说， “ cóng 从 lái 来 méi yǒu 没有 yí gè 一个 nv rén 女人 néng 能 xiàng 像 nǐ 你 yī yàng 一样 ràng 让 wǒ 我 gǎn dào 感到 jī dòng 激动 bù 不 yǐ 已。 But Sam just held me, saying, "I've never been as excited about a woman as I am about you.
5		tā 他 xǐ huān 喜欢 ràng 让 zì jǐ 自己 shēn biān 身边 yōng 拥 zhe 着 yǒu qù 有趣 de 的 rén men 人们。 He likes to surround himself with amusing people.

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1		wǒ men 我们 de 的 fáng jiān 房间 wài miàn 外面 shì 是 yī 一 tiáo 条 chǎng kāi 敞开 de 的 bù xíng dào 步行道， dào 道 hòu miàn 后面 shì 是 tài 太 yōng hé 拥河。 Outside our room was an open walkway, beyond that the Taiyong River.
2		gōng zhǔ 公主 de 的 yuè liàng 月亮 yí gè 一个 xiǎo 小 gōng zhǔ 公主 bìng 病 le 了， tā 她 jiāo hān 娇憨 de 的 gào sù 告诉 guó wáng 国王， rú guǒ 如果 tā 她 néng 能 yōng 拥 yuè liàng 月亮， bìng 病 jiù 就 huì 会 hǎo 好。 A little princess got sick one day, she told the king, "I would be fine if I could get the moon."
3		méi 没 cuò 错， guò qù 过去 guī yú 鲑鱼 fēi cháng 非常 fēng chǎn 丰产， duō 多 dào 到 yōng 拥 dào 到 hé chuáng 河床 shàng 上， wǒ men 我们 shèn zhì 甚至 kě yǐ 可以 yòng 用 shǒu 手 jiù 就 bǎ 把 tā men 它们 cóng 从 hé lǐ 河里 lāo 捞 chū 出 lái 来。 Yes, it was plentiful in the past. We could go out and almost pull them out of the river with our hands because they would come up the river thick.
4		dàn shì 但是 sà mǔ 萨姆 zhǐ shì 只是 yōng 拥 zhe 着 wǒ 我， shuō 说， “ cóng 从 lái 来 méi yǒu 没有 yí gè 一个 nv rén 女人 néng 能 xiàng 像 nǐ 你 yī yàng 一样 ràng 让 wǒ 我 gǎn dào 感到 jī dòng 激动 bù 不 yǐ 已。 But Sam just held me, saying, "I've never been as excited about a woman as I am about you.
5		tā 他 xǐ huān 喜欢 ràng 让 zì jǐ 自己 shēn biān 身边 yōng 拥 zhe 着 yǒu qù 有趣 de 的 rén men 人们。 He likes to surround himself with amusing people.

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