HSK 5 · Verbs

反应 fǎnyìng “to react” in Chinese

Traditional 反應

What 反应 means

  1. to react
  2. to respond
  3. reaction
  4. response
  5. reply
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • chemical reaction

Measure word 个 gè · 一个反应 yí ge fǎnyìng

How to say 反应

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale反fǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale应yìng4th tone, falling

反应 in a sentence

  1. 我反应过度了吗？

    Wǒ fǎnyìng guòdù le ma?

    Am I overreacting?

    Sentence #3289562 from Tatoeba

  2. 他来找你的时候，当时你是什么反应？

    Tā lái zhǎo nǐ de shíhou, dāngshí nǐ shì shénme fǎnyìng?

    How did you react when he came looking for you?

    Sentence #3060485 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我们的身体会对我们的感情做出反应。

    Wǒmen de shēntǐ huì duì wǒmen de gǎnqíng zuòchū fǎnyìng.

    Our bodies respond to our feelings.

    Sentence #1394895 from Tatoeba

How 反应 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 反 (fǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
反fǎncontrary
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 又again · yòu
The character 应 (yīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
应yìngto answer
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī

How to write 反应

反 4 strokes · 应 7 strokes

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反应 (fǎnyìng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 反应 (fǎnyìng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 反应

Words with 反

反对fǎnduì · to oppose相反xiāngfǎn · opposite反映fǎnyìng · to reflect违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)反而fǎn'ér · on the contrary反复fǎnfù · repeatedly反正fǎnzhèng · anyway反驳fǎnbó · to refute反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question

Words with 应

应该yīnggāi · should适应shìyìng · to adapt应聘yìngpìn · to apply for a job答应dāying · to agree应付yìngfu · to deal with应用yìngyòng · to put to use响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation相应xiāngyìng · corresponding应酬yìngchou · to socialise

More words: Common Verbs

发抖fādǒu · to tremble发挥fāhuī · to bring into play发明fāmíng · to invent翻fān · to turn over妨碍fáng'ài · to hinder分布fēnbù · to be distributed (over an area)分配fēnpèi · to distribute奋斗fèndòu · to strive

FAQs

反应 (fǎnyìng) means “to react” or “to respond”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it fǎnyìng: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then yìng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 反应 is written 反應. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one to react is 一个反应 (yí ge fǎnyìng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反应 from the suggestions. Typing fanying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反应 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.