答应

Character by character

• 答dá12 strokesHSK 1answer, reply; return; assent to
• 应yīng7 strokesHSK 2 traditional 應should, ought to, must

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 我答应了。

  Wǒ dā ying le

  I promised.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 答应. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 应该yīng gāiHSK 2

  ought to; should; must

• 应yīngHSK 4

  to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall

• 回答huí dáHSK 1

  to reply; to answer; reply; answer

• 反应fǎn yìngHSK 3

  to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction

• 答案dá ànHSK 4

  answer; solution

• 适应shì yìngHSK 3

  to adapt; to fit; to suit

• 答dáHSK 5

  to answer; to reply; to respond

• 应当yīng dāngHSK 3

  should; ought to

• 供应gōng yìngHSK 4

  to supply; to provide; to offer

• 应付yìng fuHSK 7

  to deal with; to cope

• 回应huí yìngHSK 6

  to respond; response

• 效应xiào yìngHSK 7

  effect (scientific phenomenon)

• 应用yìng yòngHSK 3

  to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc); application; practical use; (computing) app

• 相应xiāng yìngHSK 5

  to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate; (modify) accordingly

• 答复dá fùHSK 5

  to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header)

• 应急yìng jíHSK 6

  to respond to an emergency; to meet a contingency; (attributive) emergency

• 应对yìng duìHSK 6

  to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with; response

• 对应duì yìngHSK 5

  to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to

• 响应xiǎng yìngHSK 7

  to respond to; answer

• 解答jiě dáHSK 7

  to solve (a problem); to resolve (a difficulty); to provide an answer; solution; resolution; answer

• 报答bào dáHSK 5

  to repay; to requite

• 应聘yìng pìnHSK 7

  to accept a job offer; to apply for an advertised position

• 应酬yìng chouHSK 7

  to engage in social activities; to socialize; dinner party; banquet; social engagement

• 应有尽有yīng yǒu jìn yǒuHSK 7

  everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand; to have all one needs