应 yīng / yìng in a sentence
Should (ought - answer - agree); Handle (respond - answer)
应 (yīng / yìng) means Should (ought - answer - agree), Handle (respond - answer). Below are 24 of the 91 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他答 应 帮我搬家。
Tā dāying bāng wǒ bān jiā.
He agreed to help me move house.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 答应
他答 应 得很爽快。
Tā dāying de hěn shuǎngkuài.
He agreed without hesitation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 爽快
他晚上有个 应 酬。
Tā wǎnshang yǒu ge yìngchou.
He has a social engagement this evening.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 应酬
你 应 该早点儿休息。
Nǐ yīnggāi zǎo diǎnr xiūxi.
You should rest a bit earlier.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 应该
我们 应 该保护海洋。
Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎohù hǎiyáng.
We should protect the oceans.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 海洋
我们 应 该公平竞争。
Wǒmen yīnggāi gōngpíng jìngzhēng.
We should compete fairly.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 竞争
我们 应 该保护森林。
Wǒmen yīnggāi bǎohù sēnlín.
We should protect the forests.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 森林
价格 应 该公开透明。
Jiàgé yīnggāi gōngkāi tòumíng.
Prices should be open and transparent.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 透明
节前车票供不 应 求。
Jié qián chēpiào gōng bú yìng qiú.
Before the holiday, demand for tickets far outstrips supply.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 供不应求
报道 应 该客观中立。
Bàodào yīnggāi kèguān zhōnglì.
Reporting should be objective and neutral.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 中立
你 应 该为这件事道歉。
Nǐ yīnggāi wèi zhè jiàn shì dàoqiàn.
You should apologise for this.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 道歉
我们不 应 该浪费食物。
Wǒmen bù yīnggāi làngfèi shíwù.
We should not waste food.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 浪费
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From the graded readers
我犹豫了很久，最后还是答 应 了。
wǒ yóuyù le / liǎo / liào hěn jiǔ, zuìhòu háishì dāying le / liǎo / liào.
I hesitated a long time, and agreed anyway.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
答 应 得越多，别人越觉得那是 应 该的。
dāying dé / děi / de yuè duō, biérén yuè juéde nàshì yīnggāi de / dì.
The more I agreed to, the more it was simply expected.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我把这个想法告诉几个朋友的时候，反 应 差不多都一样。
wǒ bǎ zhège xiǎngfǎ gàosu jǐge péngyou de / dì shíhou, fǎnyìng chàbuduō dōu yíyàng.
When I told a few friends the idea, the reaction was much the same from all of them.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · A Decision at Thirty
同事让我帮忙，我答 应 ；朋友借钱，我答 应 ；周末有活动，我也答 应 。
tóngshì ràng wǒ bāngmáng, wǒ dāying; péngyou jiè qián, wǒ dāying; zhōumò yǒu huódòng, wǒ yě dāying.
A colleague asked for help, I agreed; a friend wanted to borrow money, I agreed; something was on at the weekend, I agreed to that too.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
应 appears in 91 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 应
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Questions about 应
How is 应 used in a sentence?
This page shows 91 sentences using 应 (yīng / yìng, "Should (ought - answer - agree), Handle (respond - answer)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 应 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 应 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 应?
The dictionary page for 应 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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