HSK 6 · Verbs

应邀 yìngyāo “at someone’s invitation” in Chinese

Traditional 應邀

What 应邀 means

  1. at someone’s invitation
  2. at sb’s invitation
  3. on invitation

How to say 应邀

  • 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 first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale邀yāo1st tone, high and level

应邀 in a sentence

  1. 如果我当时有空，我一定会应邀的。

    Rúguǒ wǒ dāngshí yǒukòng, wǒ yídìng huì yìngyāo de.

    If I’d been free at the time, I definitely would have accepted the invitation.

    Sentence #13363501 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 应邀 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 邀 (yāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
邀yāoto invite
  • 敫ancient musical instrument · jiǎoSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 敫 (jiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with yāo.

How to write 应邀

应 7 strokes · 邀 16 strokes

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

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

Words related to 应邀

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相应xiāngyìng · corresponding应酬yìngchou · to socialise

Words with 邀

邀请yāoqǐng · to invite

More words: Common Verbs

依靠yīkào · to rely on依赖yīlài · to depend on遗留yíliú · to be left over引导yǐndǎo · to guide遗失yíshī · to lose (something)依托yītuō · to rely on涌现yǒngxiàn · to emerge拥有yōngyǒu · to have

FAQs

应邀 (yìngyāo) means “at someone’s invitation” or “at sb’s invitation”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yìngyāo: yìng with a 4th tone, then yāo with a 1st 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, 应邀 is written 應邀. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingyao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 应邀 from the suggestions. Typing yingyao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
应邀 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Turn words into conversations

A dictionary gives you the words. A native teacher shows you how to use them. Start with a free 30-minute intro call.

Book a free intro call

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.