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迎接

yíng jiē · ying jie

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to welcome; to greet
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The wrong name on the sign

  1. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)车站(chēzhàn)迎接(yíngjiē)里昂(lǐáng)吧(ba)。

    Let's go to the station to greet Leon.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)做(zuò)了(le)一个(yīgè)大(dà)牌子(páizi)。

    OK, I made a big sign.

  3. Liangliang

    上面(shàngmiàn)写(xiě)着(zhe)什么(shénme)？

    What is written on it?

  4. Dengdeng

    欢迎(huānyíng)理昂(lǐáng)，我们(wǒmen)来(lái)迎接(yíngjiē)你(nǐ)！

    Welcome Li-ang, we came to greet you!

  5. Leon

    谢谢(xièxie)你们(nǐmen)来(lái)迎接(yíngjiē)我(wǒ)！不过(bùguò)牌子(páizi)上(shàng)写(xiě)的(de)是(shì)理昂(lǐáng)，不是(bùshì)里昂(lǐáng)。

    Thanks for welcoming me! But the sign says Li-ang, not Leon.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

无(wú)论(lùn)老(lǎo)幼(yòu)，人(rén)们(men)都(dōu)出(chū)来(lái)迎(yíng)接(jiē)贵(guì)客(kè)。

People, old and young, all came out to greet the guests.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)们(men)站(zhàn)在(zài)门(mén)口(kǒu)迎(yíng)接(jiē)远(yuǎn)道(dào)而(ér)来(lái)的(de)客(kè)人(rén)。

We stood at the door to welcome the guests who had come from afar.

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迎
yíng

to welcome; to meet; to forge ahead (esp. in the face of difficulties); to meet face to face

接
jiē

to receive; to answer (the phone)

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