迎接

Chinese

		to welcome	to extend; to connect; to receive to extend; to connect; to receive; to join
trad. (迎接)		迎	接
simp. #(迎接)		迎	接

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yíngjiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ zip³

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ngiàng-chiap
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-chiap / ngiâ-chih / gêng-chih

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ngêng⁵ ziab⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yíngjiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yíngjie
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-chieh¹
    • Yale: yíng-jyē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yngjie
    • Palladius: инцзе (incze)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ zip³
    • Yale: yìhng jip
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ dzip⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ jib³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ t͡siːp̚³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiàng-chiap
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiang^ˇ jiab^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiang² jiab⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯aŋ¹¹ t͡si̯ap̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chiap
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tsiap
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengciab
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡siap̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² t͡siap̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siap̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ngiâ-chih
    • Tâi-lô: ngiâ-tsih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ngiaciq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋiã²³⁻³³ t͡siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ŋiã²⁴⁻²² t͡siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ŋiã²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ŋiã¹³⁻²² t͡siʔ³²/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-chih
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-tsih
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gengciq
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ t͡siʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ngêng⁵ ziab⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ngêng tsiap
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋeŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siap̚²/

Verb

迎接

1. (literally) to meet, greet and welcome (someone); to pick up (a person)
2. (figuratively) to meet; to greet; to welcome

   迎接挑戰／迎接挑战  ―  yíngjiē tiǎozhàn  ―  to meet a challenge

   • 2014, 許明傑 (lyrics and music), “秋天的雨”‎^[1]performed by 許富凱 [Henry Hsu]:

     迎接甲己永遠的幸福 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
     迎接甲己永远的幸福 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]

     gêng-chiap ka-tī éng-oán ê hēng-hok [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     welcome your own everlasting happiness

Synonyms

• (to meet, greet and welcome): 接 (jiē), (literary) 迎迓 (yíngyà)