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应

yīng

HSK 3 Character Traditional 應

What 应 means

1. to agree (to do sth)
2. should
3. ought to
4. must
5. (legal) shall

Other readings

应 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yìngto answer; to respond; to comply with
• Yīngsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. Yìng

Example sentences

• 你应该去。
  You should go.
• 你答应吗？
  Do you promise?
• 我答应了。
  I promised.
• 她应该来。
  She should come.
• 我本应婉拒。
  Wǒ běnyīng wǎnjù.
  I should've declined.
• 你应该道歉。
  You should apologize.

Words starting with 应

• 应该yīng gāiought to; should; must
• 应用yìng yòngto put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application…
• 应付yìng futo deal with; to cope
• 应聘yìng pìnto accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position
• 应邀yìng yāoat sb's invitation; on invitation
• 应酬yìng chouto engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement
• 应当yīng dāngshould; ought to
• 应对yìng duìto answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response
• 应有yīng yǒuto deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc)
• 应试yìng shìto take an exam; (of an education system) to be exam-oriented
• 应急yìng jíto respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency
• 应届yīng jièthis year's; the current year's
• 应声yìng shēngan answering voice; to answer a voice; to respond
• 应有尽有yīng yǒu jìn yǒueverything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand…
• 应答yìng dáto reply
• 应变yìng biànto meet a contingency; to adapt oneself to changes
• 应聘者yìng pìn zhěperson taking a job; job applicant
• 应得yīng déto deserve
• 应征yìng zhēngto apply (for a job); to reply to a job advertisement
• 应允yīng yǔnto give one's assent; to consent; Taiwan pr. yìng yǔn
• 应验yìng yànto come true; to come about as predicted; to be fulfilled
• 应运而生yìng yùn ér shēngto emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom); to arise at an opportune time…
• 应考yìng kǎoto take an exam
• 应和yìng hèto echo one another; to respond (in agreement)

Words containing 应

• 适应shì yìngto adapt; to fit; to suit
• 反应fǎn yìngto react; to respond; reaction
• 答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
• 相应xiāng yìngto correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part)
• 对应duì yìngto correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
• 响应xiǎng yìngto respond to; answer
• 照应zhào yingto look after; to take care of; to attend to
• 供不应求gōng bù yìng qiúsupply does not meet demand
• 供应gōng yìngto supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
• 回应huí yìngto respond; response
• 效应xiào yìngeffect (scientific phenomenon)
• 供应商gōng yìng shāngsupplier
• 感应gǎn yìngresponse; reaction; interaction
• 报应bào yìng(Buddhism) divine retribution; karma
• 理应lǐ yīngshould; ought to
• 呼应hū yìngto conform (with); to echo; to correlate well
• 顺应shùn yìngto comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune with
• 一应俱全yī yīng jù quánwith everything needed available
• 得心应手dé xīn yìng shǒulit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes (idiom) skilled at the job…
• 接应jiē yìngto provide support; to come to the rescue
• 适应性shì yìng xìngadaptability; flexibility
• 侍应shì yìngwaiter; waitress (abbr. for 侍应生
• 因果报应yīn guǒ bào yìng(Buddhism) retribution; karma
• 随机应变suí jī yìng biànto change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic

Characters that look like 应

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 或huòmaybe; perhaps; might
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 店diàninn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store
• 庇bìto protect; cover; shelter
• 庙miàotemple; ancestral shrine; temple fair
• 茄qiéeggplant

Sounds the same

Read yīng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 英hero; outstanding; excellent
• 婴infant; baby
• 鹰general term for a bird of prey (eagle, hawk or falcon etc)
• 樱cherry
• 莺oriole or various birds of the Sylvidae family including warblers
• 瑛(literary) translucent stone similar to jade; (literary) luster of jade
• 缨tassel; sth shaped like a tassel (e.g. a leaf etc); ribbon
• 膺breast; receive
• 罂earthen jar with small mouth
• 鹦(bound form) parrot
• 嘤calling of birds
• 璎necklace