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答应

dā ying

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 答應

答应 (dā ying) means "to agree, promise". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 答应 means

1. to answer; to respond
2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise

The characters in 答应

• 答dáto answer; to reply; to respond
• 应yīngto agree (to do sth); should; ought to

Example sentences

• 你答应吗？
  Do you promise?
• 我答应了。
  I promised.
• 你到底答应吗？
  Did you eventually respond?
• 她答应几时见他？
  Tā dāying jǐ shí jiàn tā?
  When did she promise to meet him?
• 他答应我四点来。
  He promised me that he would come at four.
• 他答应6点钟来。
  He promised to be here at 6.

Words containing 答应

• 满口答应mǎn kǒu dā yingto readily consent

Where 答应 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Responsibility, Response & Control (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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