答应

答应 dāying

Promise

答应 in a sentence HSK 5 繁體答應 daying

What 答应 means

Promise

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Character by character

答应 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

答

dā / dá

Answer

应

yīng / yìng

Should (ought - answer - agree); Handle (respond - answer)

Words that share a character with 答应

How to write 答应

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答应 in a sentence

他答应帮我搬家。

Tā dāying bāng wǒ bān jiā.

He agreed to help me move house.

我叫了他半天，他都没答应。

Wǒ jiào le tā bàntiān, tā dōu méi dāying.

I called him for ages and he did not answer.

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Questions about 答应

What does 答应 mean in English?

答应 is pronounced dāying and means Promise.

How do you pronounce 答应?

答应 is dāying in pinyin — written daying without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 答应?

答应 is written with 2 characters: 答 (dā / dá) Answer, 应 (yīng / yìng) Should (ought - answer - agree); Handle (respond - answer). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 答应 written in traditional Chinese?

答應. The simplified form 答应 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 答應 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced dāying.

Is 答应 an HSK word?

Yes — 答应 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.

Studied around the same time

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