拥入 (yōng rù) — to crowd into, to swarm into | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to crowd intoto swarm into

Examples

拥入。
Rén men cóng sì miàn bā fāng yōng rù guǎng chǎng.
People crowded into the square from all directions.
，拥入。
Diàn yǐng kāi shǐ qián, guān zhòng fēn fēn yōng rù yǐng yuàn.
Before the movie started, the audience filed into the cinema.
，拥入。
Chūn yùn qī jiān, dà liàng lǚ kè yōng rù huǒ chē zhàn.
During the Spring Festival travel season, a large number of travelers swarmed into the train station.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

拥 conveys crowding or pushing, 入 adds entering, giving crowd into.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

扌用拥

Meaning part形符xíngfú

扌Written in full as手shǒuhand

Sound part声符shēngfú

用

用yòng拥yōng

Same sound today

拥 pairs 扌 (hand) with 用, which gives the sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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