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迎风 (yíng fēng) — to face the wind; to go against the wind; downwind; with the wind

Definition

Literally 'welcome/meet the wind' — most often used to mean going against the wind or facing into it (running, walking, sailing). Can also describe being downwind, with the wind at your back.

verb
to face the windto go against the winddownwindwith the wind

Examples

  • 迎风，。
    Tā yíng fēng pǎo bù, gǎn jué tè bié shū fu.
    He ran facing the wind and felt especially comfortable.
  • 。
    Xiǎo chuán yíng zhe fēng màn màn qián jìn.
    The small boat slowly advanced against the wind.
  • 迎风，。
    yíng fēng Zǒu de shí hou, tóu fa dōu fēi qǐ lái le.
    When walking against the wind, my hair all flew up.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

迎yíngface or meet
风fēngwind

迎 gives 'face or meet', and 风 is the wind; together they mean meeting the wind directly.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
卬
卬áng迎yíng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

迎 is made of 辶 (written fully as 辵) for the meaning and 卬 for the sound.

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No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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