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Jyutping jung2 pou5
Pinyin yǒng bào

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to embrace; to hug
    (syn.) 傘, 擁抱, 擁, 抱, 兜, 搩, 摟抱, 摟, 揇, 箍, 搿, 攬
  2. noun
    embrace; hug

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Jyutping jung2 pou5
Pinyin yōng bào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to embrace
  2. to hug
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. (verb) Cuddle
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    兩個​人​互相​用​雙臂​環繞​對​方​嘅​身​體
    to embrace; to hug
    • 西方人見面互相擁抱問候係好平常嘅事。
      西方人见面互相拥抱问候系好平常嘅事。
      sai1 fong1 jan4 gin3 min6 wu6 soeng1 jung2 pou5 man6 hau6 hai6 hou2 ping4 soeng4 ge3 si6.
      Westerners are used to greeting each other with hugs.
  2. 近義詞
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 五级词汇表 #911
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    汤姆拥抱了玛丽。
    湯姆擁抱了瑪麗。
    tāng mǔ yōng bào le mǎ lì 。
    • Tom hugged Mary.
  2. Mandarin
    他们中有一个人想要拥抱你。
    他們中有一個人想要擁抱你。
    tā men zhōng yǒu yī gè rén xiǎng yào yōng bào nǐ 。
    • Someone among them wants to hug you.
  3. Mandarin
    他张开双臂, 似乎要拥抱这个世界。
    他張開雙臂, 似乎要擁抱這個世界。
    tā zhāng kāi shuāng bì , sì hū yào yōng bào zhè ge shì jiè 。
    • He spread his arms as though he wanted to embrace the world.
    • He spread his arms, as though wanting to embrace the world.
    • He held out his arms, as though wanting to embrace the world.
  4. Mandarin
    她拥抱了一下儿子,然后让他上床睡觉。
    她擁抱了一下兒子,然後讓他上牀睡覺。
    tā yōng bào le yī xià er zi , rán hòu ràng tā shàng chuáng shuì jiào 。
    • She hugged her son and put him to bed.
  5. Mandarin
    在你们远离家乡之前请给父母一个拥抱。
    在你們遠離家鄉之前請給父母一個擁抱。
    zài nǐ men yuǎn lí jiā xiāng zhī qián qǐng gěi fù mǔ yí gè yōng bào 。
    • Give a hug to your parents before you get far away from your hometown.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    呢首诗入面用咗好多唔同嘅意象去描写「拥抱」嘅感觉。
    呢首詩入面用咗好多唔同嘅意象去描寫「擁抱」嘅感覺。
    ni1 sau2 si1 jap6 min6 jung6 zo2 hou2 do1 m4 tung4 ge3 ji3 zoeng6 heoi3 miu4 se2 "jung2 pou5" ge3 gam2 gok3.
    • There are a lot of examples of imagery in this poem to describe the feeling of embracing.
  2. Cantonese
    拥抱
    擁抱
    jung2 pou5
    • to hug; to embrace
    • to hug; a hug
  3. Cantonese
    西方人见面互相拥抱问候系好平常嘅事。
    西方人見面互相擁抱問候係好平常嘅事。
    sai1 fong1 jan4 gin3 min6 wu6 soeng1 jung2 pou5 man6 hau6 hai6 hou2 ping4 soeng4 ge3 si6.
    • Westerners are used to greeting each other with hugs.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    我爱这夜色茫茫 也爱著夜莺歌唱 更爱那花一般的梦 拥抱著夜来香 吻著夜来香
    我愛這夜色茫茫 也愛著夜鶯歌唱 更愛那花一般的夢 擁抱著夜來香 吻著夜來香
    wǒ ài zhè yè sè máng máng , yě ài zhe yè yīng gē chàng , gèng ài nà huā yī bān de mèng , yōng bào zhe yè lái xiāng , wěn zhe yè lái xiāng
    • I love this panoramic night scene, so too that singing nightingale.
      But what I love the most are those flowers in my dream; embracing [and] kissing the tuberose.