HSK 5 · Verbs

应用 yìngyòng “to put to use” in Chinese

Traditional 應用

What 应用 means

  1. to put to use
  2. to apply
  3. practical
  4. applied (science, linguistics etc)
  5. application
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • practical use
  • (computing) app

How to say 应用

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale用yòng4th tone, falling

应用 in a sentence

  1. 我删除了这个应用。

    Wǒ shānchú le zhè ge yìngyòng.

    I deleted the app.

    Sentence #8463669 from Tatoeba

  2. 你不能把这规则应用在所有事上。

    Nǐ bùnéng bǎ zhè guīzé yìngyòng zài suǒyǒu shì shàng.

    You can’t apply this rule to every case.

    Sentence #347731 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 我正在开发一个安卓应用。

    Wǒ zhèngzài kāifā yí ge Ānzhuó yìngyòng.

    I’m developing an Android app.

    Sentence #1776771 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 应用 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 用 (yòng) drawn as one shape
用yòngto use; to make use of; to employ

用 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 应用

应 7 strokes · 用 5 strokes

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

Words related to 应用

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响应xiǎngyìng · to respond to应邀yìngyāo · at someone’s invitation相应xiāngyìng · corresponding应酬yìngchou · to socialise

Words with 用

用yòng · to use不用búyòng · no need to有用yǒuyòng · useful常用chángyòng · commonly used信用卡xìnyòngkǎ · credit card使用shǐyòng · to use作用zuòyòng · effect利用lìyòng · to make use of运用yùnyòng · to use实用shíyòng · practical

More words: Common Verbs

摇yáo · to shake咬yǎo · to bite移动yídòng · to move应付yìngfu · to deal with迎接yíngjiē · to welcome预订yùdìng · to place an order预防yùfáng · to prevent运输yùnshū · to transport

FAQs

应用 (yìngyòng) means “to put to use” or “to apply”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it yìngyòng: yìng with a 4th tone, then yòng 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, 应用 is written 應用. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yingyong with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 应用 from the suggestions. Typing yingyong into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
应用 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.