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迎

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjing4#

to welcome
to meet
to face
to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties)
to receive
to greet
to confront
to go against

Cantonese · source Jyutpingjing6#

to get married

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

jing44 · low falling

jing66 · low level

Schematic citation-tone diagrams from the source numbers. These are not recordings or predictions of connected speech.

Same syllable, six tones

jing英jing1hero 影jing2picture 应jing3to answer 形jing4to appear 郢jing5認jing6to recognize

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

迎

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CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

迎 yíng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinto welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: ying2. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jing4 · jing6

Cantonese word readings for 迎. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character

to receive; to welcome; to greet; to meet
to flatter; to ingratiate with
to face; to go against; to do something in face of ...; to forge ahead
(obsolete) to predict; to forecast
(Min) to escort (a god, hero etc.) through the streets; to parade through the streets
(Puxian Min) to carry on hands or shoulders
(Eastern Min, of food) to become dry (due to exposure to the wind)
(Eastern Min, of hair) to stick up; to become erect
a surname

character

(obsolete) to prepare to greet a guest before their arrival
42nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing (𝌯)

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