HSK 6 · Work

应酬 yìngchou “to socialise” in Chinese

Traditional 應酬

What 应酬 means

  1. to socialise
  2. social engagement
  3. to engage in social activities
  4. dinner party
  5. banquet

How to say 应酬

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale应yìng4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own酬chouneutral tone, light and short

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

应酬 in a sentence

  1. 他晚上常常有应酬，很晚才回家。

    Tā wǎnshang chángcháng yǒu yìngchou, hěn wǎn cái huíjiā.

    He often has social engagements in the evening and gets home late.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 我不喜欢应酬，更喜欢在家看书。

    Wǒ bù xǐhuan yìngchou, gèng xǐhuan zàijiā kànshū.

    I don’t like socialising; I’d rather stay home and read.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 应酬 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 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
The character 酬 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
酬chóuto entertainlight in 应酬
  • 酉wine vessel · yǒuMeaning part
  • 州state · zhōuSound part

酉 hints at the meaning (wine vessel); 州 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with chou.

How to write 应酬

应 7 strokes · 酬 13 strokes

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

Words related to 应酬

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

Words with 酬

报酬bàochou · pay

More words: Work & Career

协调xiétiáo · to coordinate协议xiéyì · agreement薪水xīnshui · salary验收yànshōu · to check and accept渔民yúmín · fisherman招收zhāoshōu · to recruit整顿zhěngdùn · to rectify值班zhíbān · to be on duty

FAQs

应酬 (yìngchou) means “to socialise” or “social engagement”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yìngchou: yìng with a 4th tone, then chou 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, 应酬 is written 應酬. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingchou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 应酬 from the suggestions. Typing yingchou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
应酬 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.