逢 meaning in English

féng

to meet by chance; to come across

HSK 7-9verb10 strokes

Meaning of 逢

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

féng

to meet by chance
to come across
(of a calendar event) to come along
(of an event) to fall on (a particular day)
to fawn upon

逢 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

有yǒu缘yuán千qiān里lǐ来lái相xiāng会huì，无wú缘yuán对duì面miàn不bù相xiāng逢féng。

Those fated to meet will do so regardless of distance. Those not fated will not, even if they are across from one another.

我wǒ父fù亲qīn每měi逢féng星xīng期qī天tiān都dū会huì去qù打dǎ高gāo尔ěr夫fū球qiú。

My father plays golf every Sunday.

你nǐ所suǒ要yào做zuò的de便biàn是shì好hǎo好hǎo把bǎ握wò这zhè千qiān载zǎi难nán逢féng的de机jī会huì。

All you have to do is take advantage of this rare opportunity.

关guān山shān难nán越yuè，谁shuí悲bēi失shī路lù之zhī人rén。萍píng水shuǐ相xiāng逢féng，尽jìn是shì他tā乡xiāng之zhī客kè。

The mountain passes are hard to cross; who will mourn for those who have lost their way? Meeting by chance like drifting duckweed, we are all but travelers in a foreign land.

他tā两liǎng个gè萍píng水shuǐ相xiāng逢féng，年nián相xiāng若ruò，貌mào相xiàng似shì，谭tán吐tǔ应yìng对duì之zhī间jiān，彼bǐ此cǐ敬jìng慕mù。

The two met entirely by chance. Being of similar age and appearance, they quickly found themselves admiring one another as they conversed.

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逢 féng · to meet by chance · 10 strokes

Related words

Words that share a character with 逢.

每逢	měiféng	every time; on each occasion
萍水相逢	píngshuǐ-xiāngféng	strangers coming together by chance (idiom)
重逢	chóngféng	to meet again; to be reunited
千载难逢	qiānzǎinánféng	extremely rare (idiom); once in a blue moon
相逢	xiāngféng	to meet (by chance); to come across
逢场作戏	féngchǎngzuòxì	lit. find a stage, put on a comedy (idiom); to join in the fun; to play along according to

Questions about 逢

What does 逢 mean?

逢 (féng) means "to meet by chance; to come across" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 逢?

逢 is made of 1 character: 逢 (10 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 逢 an HSK word?

Yes. 逢 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.