擁抱

See also: 拥抱

Chinese

		(v) gather round; rush in; crowd (v) gather round; rush in; crowd; throng; to hold; crowded; to support	to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug or embrace; surround; cherish
trad. (擁抱)		擁	抱
simp. (拥抱)		拥	抱
anagram		抱擁／抱拥

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yōngbào, yǒngbào

  (Zhuyin): ㄩㄥ ㄅㄠˋ, ㄩㄥˇ ㄅㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jung² pou⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iòng-phāu / iòng-pǎu / ióng-phāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yōngbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yongbào
    • Wade–Giles: yung¹-pao⁴
    • Yale: yūng-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iongbaw
    • Palladius: юнбао (junbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ⁵⁵ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǒngbào
    • Zhuyin: ㄩㄥˇ ㄅㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǒngbào
    • Wade–Giles: yung³-pao⁴
    • Yale: yǔng-bàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yeongbaw
    • Palladius: юнбао (junbao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ pɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jung² pou⁵
    • Yale: yúng póuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jung² pou⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: yung² pou⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jʊŋ³⁵ pʰou̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iòng-phāu
    • Tâi-lô: iòng-phāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iorngphau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /iɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ pʰau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iòng-pǎu
    • Tâi-lô: iòng-pǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɔŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ pau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ióng-phāu
    • Tâi-lô: ióng-phāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: iofngphau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɔŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰau²²/

Verb

擁抱

1. to embrace; to hug

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 摟 (“to hug; to embrace”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		擁, 摟
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		摟抱, 擁抱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	摟
	Taiwan	摟, 抱
	Singapore	擁抱, 抱
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	摟
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	摟
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	抱, 摟
	Wuhan	箍, 摟
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	摟, 抱
	Hefei	摟, 抱
Cantonese	Guangzhou	攬
	Hong Kong	攬
	Taishan	攬
	Singapore (Guangfu)	攬
Gan	Nanchang	攬, 箍
Hakka	Meixian	揇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	揇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	揇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	揇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	揇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攬
Jin	Taiyuan	摟
Northern Min	Jian'ou	抱
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	兜, 攬
	Matsu	攬
Southern Min	Xiamen	攬
	Quanzhou	攬
	Zhangzhou	攬
	Taipei	攬
	Kaohsiung	攬
	Penang (Hokkien)	攬
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攬
	Manila (Hokkien)	攬
	Chaozhou	攬
Wu	Shanghai	搿
	Suzhou	搿
	Wenzhou	搩
Xiang	Changsha	箍, 摟
	Shuangfeng	傘, 箍

Noun

擁抱

1. embrace; hug

Derived terms

• 擁抱機 / 拥抱机 (yōngbàojī)