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Chinese symbol for “greet”

迎接
yíng jiē
to welcome; to greet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for greet is 迎接 (yíng jiē), defined as: to welcome; to greet.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

迎 yíng
to welcome, to receive, to greet
radical 162 ⾡ · 8 strokes
接 jiē
to connect, to join; to receive, to meet, to answer the phone
radical 64 ⼿ · 11 strokes

Other Chinese words for “greet”

WordPinyinMeaning
出迎chū yíngto greet; to go out to meet
奉迎fèng yíng(honorific) to greet; to fawn
招呼zhāo huto call out to; to greet
施礼 (施禮)shī lǐto salute; to greet

Related words

Other words that share a character with 迎接.

WordPinyinMeaning
欢迎 (歡迎)huān yíngto welcome; welcome
受欢迎 (受歡迎)shòu huān yíngto be popular; to be well-liked; to be warmly received
迎来 (迎來)yíng láito welcome (a visitor or newcomer); (fig.) to usher in
迎战 (迎戰)yíng zhànto meet the enemy head-on
迎合yíng héto cater to; to pander to
直接zhí jiēdirectly; direct
接受jiē shòuto accept (a suggestion, punishment, bribe etc); to acquiesce
链接 (鏈接)liàn jiēto link; to catenate; link (on a web page); hyperlink

See also: Japanese symbol for “greet”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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