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应 — to answer; to respond

to answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope with

Pinyin
yìng · yīng · Yīng
Strokes
7
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

This character has more than one reading — yìng, yīng, Yīng — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 应: 7 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

应 — 7 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 应 in the HSK syllabus: 26

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 应该yīnggāiought to; should; mustHSK 3
  2. 答应dāyingto answer; to respondHSK 4
  3. 适应shìyìngto adapt; to fit; to suitHSK 4
  4. 应聘yìngpìnto accept a job offerHSK 4
  5. 反应fǎnyìngto react; to respond; reaction; response; replyHSK 5
  6. 应当yīngdāngshould; ought toHSK 5
  7. 应对yìngduìto answer; to reply; to handle; to deal withHSK 5
  8. 应用yìngyòngto put to use; to apply; practical; appliedHSK 5
  9. 对应duìyìngto correspond; to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart toHSK 6
  10. 供应gōngyìngto supply; to provideHSK 6
  11. 相应xiāngyìngto correspond; answering; to agree; correspondingHSK 6
  12. 效应xiàoyìngeffectHSK 6
  13. 得心应手déxīn-yìngshǒulit. what the heart wishes, the hand accomplishes skilled at the jobHSK 7–9
  14. 供不应求gōngbúyìngqiúsupply does not meet demandHSK 7–9
  15. 供应链gōngyìngliànsupply chainHSK 7–9
  16. 呼应hūyìngto conform; to echo; to correlate well; agreementHSK 7–9
  17. 回应huíyìngto respond; responseHSK 7–9
  18. 顺应shùnyìngto comply with; to conform to; to adapt to; to go along with; in tune withHSK 7–9
  19. 响应xiǎngyìngto respond to; answerHSK 7–9
  20. 一应俱全yìyīng-jùquánwith everything needed availableHSK 7–9
  21. 应有尽有yīngyǒu-jìnyǒueverything that should be here is here; all one can think of is on handHSK 7–9
  22. 应yìngto answer; to respond; to comply withHSK 7–9
  23. 应酬yìngchouto engage in social activities; to socializeHSK 7–9
  24. 应付yìngfuto deal with; to copeHSK 7–9
  25. 应急yìngjíto respond to an emergency; to meet a contingencyHSK 7–9
  26. 应邀yìngyāoat sb's invitation; on invitationHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.