HSK 5 · Verbs

答应 dāying “to agree” in Chinese

Traditional 答應

What 答应 means

  1. to agree
  2. to promise
  3. to answer (when called)
  4. to answer
  5. to respond
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to answer positively
  • to accept

How to say 答应

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale答dā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own应yingneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

答应 in a sentence

  1. 我答应他我今天会来。

    Wǒ dāying tā wǒ jīntiān huì lái.

    I promised him that I would come today.

    Sentence #5663602 from Tatoeba

  2. 你答应过，会照顾他们的。

    Nǐ dāying guo, huì zhàogu tāmen de.

    You promised to take care of them.

    Sentence #4267386 from Tatoeba

  3. 我想答应的，但是⋯⋯

    Wǒ xiǎng dāying de, dànshì⋯⋯

    I’d like to say yes, but…

    Sentence #346856 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 答应 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 答 (dá) with each of its parts in a different colour
答dābound form having the same meaning
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhú
  • 合to combine · gě
The character 应 (yīng) with each of its parts in a different colour
应yingto agree
  • 广shelter · guǎng
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎo
  • 一one · yī

How to write 答应

答 12 strokes · 应 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 答应

Words with 答

回答huídá · to reply答案dá'àn · answer答复dáfù · to reply报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)

Words with 应

应该yīnggāi · should适应shìyìng · to adapt应聘yìngpìn · to apply for a job反应fǎnyìng · to react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: Thinking & Talking

称呼chēnghu · to call称赞chēngzàn · to praise承认chéngrèn · to admit当心dāngxīn · to be careful打听dǎting · to ask about反映fǎnyìng · to reflect发言fāyán · to make a speech废话fèihuà · nonsense

FAQs

答应 (dāying) means “to agree” or “to promise”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dāying: dā with a 1st tone, then ying with a neutral 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, 答应 is written 答應. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daying with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 答应 from the suggestions. Typing daying into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
答应 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.