HSK 5 · Verbs

应付 yìngfu “to deal with” in Chinese

Traditional 應付

What 应付 means

  1. to deal with
  2. to cope

How to say 应付

  • 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付funeutral tone, light and short

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

应付 in a sentence

  1. 她无法应付压力。

    Tā wúfǎ yìngfu yālì.

    She can’t cope with stress.

    Sentence #779009 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他擅长应付小孩子。

    Tā shàncháng yìngfu xiǎoháizi.

    He’s good at dealing with children.

    Sentence #804630 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 问题是我们如何应付目前的困难。

    Wèntí shì wǒmen rúhé yìngfu mùqián de kùnnan.

    The problem is how we cope with the present difficulties.

    Sentence #332816 from Tatoeba

How 应付 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 付 (fù) with each of its parts in a different colour
付fùto paylight in 应付
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 应付

应 7 strokes · 付 5 strokes

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

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

Words related to 应付

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

Words with 付

付款fùkuǎn · to pay a sum of money对付duìfu · to deal with

More words: Common Verbs

延长yáncháng · to prolong摇yáo · to shake咬yǎo · to bite移动yídòng · to move应用yìngyòng · to put to use迎接yíngjiē · to welcome预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent

FAQs

应付 (yìngfu) means “to deal with” or “to cope”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yìngfu: yìng with a 4th tone, then fu 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, 应付 is written 應付. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingfu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 应付 from the suggestions. Typing yingfu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
应付 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.