拥
yōng HSK5

embrace

拥 (擁) yōng
embrace verb
to hold in one's arms; to hug

他把孩子拥在怀里。

tā bǎ hái​zi yōng zài huái​lǐ.

He held the child in his arms.

possess verb
to have or possess (often literary or in compounds)

将军拥兵自重，拒不听从朝廷的调遣。

jiāng​jūn yōng bīng zì​zhòng, jù​bù tīng​cóng cháo​tíng de diào​qiǎn.

The general, relying on his large army, refused to follow the imperial court's orders.

support verb
to support or uphold (often as a bound form)

将士们一致拥戴他担任全军的统帅。

jiàng​shì men yī​zhì yōng dài tā dān​rèn quán jūn de tǒng​shuài.

The officers and soldiers unanimously supported him as the commander-in-chief of the army.

throng verb
to gather around, swarm, or crowd

人群向出口拥去。

rén​qún xiàng chū​kǒu yōng qù.

The crowd surged toward the exit.

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,059th most common 143.8 per million
Movie subtitles
919th most common 122.5 per million appears in 47% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
3.93 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
21.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 5
HSK 3.0
Level 5
Traditional
擁
Strokes
8
Unicode
U+62E5

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)