每逢

měiféng
adverb HSK 7 #33,658

Meanings

  1. 1 every time
  2. 2 whenever
  3. 3 on every occasion of

Examples

Měi féng jiājié bèi sī qīn.
Every festive season, one misses family all the more.
Měiféng xiàyǔ, zhè tiáo lù jiù huì jīshuǐ.
Whenever it rains, this road floods.
Tā měiféng zhōumò dōu huì qù páshān.
She goes hiking every weekend.

Tips

culture
The famous line 每逢佳节 is from the Tang dynasty poem '九月山东兄弟' by Wang Wei (). It is one of the most quoted lines in Chinese literature, especially during holidays.
grammar
每逢 is used before a time/event to mean 'whenever.' It is more literary than 每次 (měicì). Pattern: 每逢 + event/time, + result clause.

Stroke Order

měi
féng