蜂拥

蜂擁
fēngyōng
verb #27,796

Meanings

  1. 1 to swarm; to flock; to throng
  2. 2 to surge forward in a crowd

Examples

HSK 5
Xiāoxi yī chū, jìzhě men fēngyōng'érzhì.
As soon as the news broke, reporters flocked to the scene.
HSK 7-9
Qiúsài jiéshù hòu, qiúmí men fēngyōng yǒngchū tǐyùchǎng.
After the match ended, fans swarmed out of the stadium.

Tips

memory
= bee, = to crowd/embrace. Imagine bees swarming out of a hive - that's exactly the image 蜂拥 captures. It's almost always followed by a direction word, like 蜂拥而至 (swarm to a place) or 蜂拥而上 (swarm upward).

Stroke Order

fēng
yōng