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应

Traditional: 應

yīng

HSK 3.0 · 4

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yīng · jing1 (Jyutping)

  1. Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
  2. to agree (to do sth)
  3. should
  4. ought to
  5. must
  6. (legal) shall
  7. surname Ying

yìng · jing1 (Jyutping)

  1. to answer
  2. to respond
  3. to comply with
  4. to deal or cope with

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

应

Meaning
should, ought to, must
Radical
广
Strokes
7
Components
⿸广⿱⺍一
Cangjie
IFM
Four-corner
0021

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