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應

yīng

should, ought to, must

Strokes
17
Radical
心
HSK
—
Tone
1

Simplified form: 应

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 应, the simplified form of 應. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我说你应得的。

    Wǒ shuō nǐ yīng dé de

    I'd say you earned it.

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  • 这是他们应得的。

    Zhè shì tā men yīng dé de

    They deserve it.

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  • 我应该去做。

    Wǒ yīng gāi qù zuò

    I should do it.

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  • 有它的应用吗？

    Yǒu tā de yìng yòng ma

    Is there an app for that?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 应

  • 应该yīng gāi 1–1 ought to; should; must
  • 答应dā ying 1–5to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
  • 反应fǎn yìng 3–4 to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction
  • 适应shì yìng 4–4 to adapt; to fit; to suit
  • 应当yīng dāng 1–1 should; ought to
  • 应用yìng yòng 4–4 to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app
  • 应yīng 1to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall
  • 供应gōng yìng 1–4 to supply; to provide; to offer
  • 应付yìng fu 4–5to deal with; to cope
  • 相应xiāng yìng 1–4 to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly
  • 对应duì yìng 4–4 to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to
  • 应聘yìng pìn 4–4 to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position