歡迎

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See also: 歓迎 and 欢迎

Chinese

joyous; happy; pleased to welcome
trad. (歡迎)
simp. (欢迎)
2nd round simp. 欢迊
alternative forms 懽迎

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/2
Initial () (32) (31)
Final () (62) (111)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
Baxter xwan ngjaeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/huɑn/ /ŋˠiæŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/hʷɑn/ /ŋᵚiaŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/xuɑn/ /ŋiaŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/hwan/ /ŋiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/xuɑn/ /ŋiɐŋ/
Wang
Li
/xuɑn/ /ŋĭɐŋ/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/xuɑn/ /ŋi̯ɐŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
huān yíng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
fun1 jing4

Verb

歡迎

  1. to welcome
    歡迎欢迎  ―  zhì huānyíng  ―  to give a welcome address
    歡迎再次光臨欢迎再次光临  ―  huānyíng zàicì guānglín  ―  hope to see you again
    店鋪星期開張歡迎各位親朋好友前來 [MSC, trad.]
    店铺星期开张欢迎各位亲朋好友前来 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ de diànpù xià ge xīngqī kāizhāng, huānyíng gèwèi qīnpénghǎoyǒu qiánlái.
    My shop will open for business next week, and all my friends and relatives are welcome to come.
  2. to be happy to accept; to appreciate
    歡迎批評指正欢迎批评指正  ―  huānyíng pīpíng zhǐzhèng  ―  your comments are appreciated
    無論何時何地只要困難任何疑問歡迎隨時聯繫 [MSC, trad.]
    无论何时何地只要困难任何疑问欢迎随时联系 [MSC, simp.]
    Wúlùn héshí hédì, zhǐyào nǐ yǒu kùnnan huò yǒu rènhé yíwèn, dōu huānyíng suíshí liánxì wǒ.
    No matter when or where you have any difficulties or questions, please feel free to contact me.

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (歡迎):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Hyōgai
げい
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

(かん)(げい) (kangei

  1. Kyūjitai form of 歓迎 (welcome)

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

歡迎 (hwanyeong) (hangeul 환영)

  1. hanja form? of 환영 (welcome)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Interjection

歡迎

  1. chữ Hán form of hoan nghênh (welcome).