欢迎
to welcome; welcome!
HSK level
- Pinyin
- huānyíng
- Part of speech
- verb
- Level
- HSK 3
- Strokes
- 13
- Register
- neutral
- In episodes
- 2
Stroke order for 欢迎
欢迎 is written with 13 strokes (欢: 6, 迎: 7). The animation replays automatically.
What does 欢迎 mean?
欢迎 (huānyíng) is a verb meaning 'to welcome,' and by extension the standalone greeting 'welcome!'
shouted as guests arrive or printed on shop signs. Literally 'joy-greet,' it captures the warm hospitality nuance well. Three patterns English speakers should learn: first, it works as a transitive verb — 欢迎你 'we welcome you,' 欢迎大家 'welcome everyone'; second, it doubles up for emphatic warmth — 欢迎欢迎!
is a common spoken greeting when you really want to make someone feel welcome; third, it forms invitation patterns — 欢迎光临 'welcome (formal, in shops),' 欢迎再来 'come again.' Unlike English 'welcome,' Chinese 欢迎 is rarely used as the response to 'thank you' (that's 不客气). Don't say 欢迎 when someone thanks you — it sounds odd.
Note: Polite by default. Common as both a verb (we welcome you) and a standalone greeting on signs and at entrances.
Character by character
Memory hook: Joy + greet = welcome someone with happiness.
Hear 欢迎 in real episodes
欢迎 appears in 2 Fluentide podcast episodes at natural native speed. Each sentence plays at the easiest difficulty it exists in — switch it to hear the same moment at your level, with full pinyin and English throughout.
它为什么这么受欢迎？
Why is it so popular?
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第二天，白宫举行了欢迎仪式，两位领导人都讲了话。
The next day, the White House held a welcome ceremony, and both leaders gave speeches.
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Example sentences
欢迎你来我家！
Huānyíng nǐ lái wǒ jiā!
Welcome to my home!
spoken
欢迎光临，请这边坐。
Huānyíng guānglín, qǐng zhèbiān zuò.
Welcome, please sit over here.
polite, shop/restaurant
我们都很欢迎你加入。
Wǒmen dōu hěn huānyíng nǐ jiārù.
We all warmly welcome you to join.
neutral
欢迎再来！
Huānyíng zài lái!
Please come again!
spoken
Common phrases with 欢迎
Synonyms
迎接 is 'to go meet / receive someone' — about the physical act of going to greet an arriving guest (到机场迎接客人 'meet the guest at the airport'). 欢迎 is about expressing welcome verbally or in feeling. You 迎接 someone, then 欢迎 them.
Don't confuse 欢迎 with
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