答應

See also: 答应

Chinese

		reply; answer; return reply; answer; return; respond; echo; to answer; agree	to answer; to respond; ought
trad. (答應)		答	應
simp. (答应)		答	应
anagram		應答／应答

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dāyìng

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚ ㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daap³ jing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tap-yin
• Eastern Min (BUC): dák-éng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tah-èng / tap-èng
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): da⁶ in

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dāyìng → dāying (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚ ㄧㄥˋ → ㄉㄚ ˙ㄧㄥ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dayi̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: ta¹-ying⁵
    • Yale: dā-ying
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: da.yinq
    • Palladius: даин (dain)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵⁵ iŋ⁵¹/ → /tä⁵⁵ iŋ²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daap³ jing³
    • Yale: daap ying
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daap⁸ jing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dab³ ying³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːp̚³ jɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tap-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: dab^ˋ in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dab⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tap̚² in⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tap-yin
    • Hakka Romanization System: dab^ˋ (r)in
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dab⁵ yin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /tap̚² (j)in⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: dák-éng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taʔ²⁴⁻⁵⁵ ɛiŋ²¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tah-èng
    • Tâi-lô: tah-ìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dah'exng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ta(ʔ)⁵ iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ta(ʔ)³²⁻⁴¹ iɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ta(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ta(ʔ)³²⁻⁴² eŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ta(ʔ)³²⁻⁵³ iɪŋ¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tap-èng
    • Tâi-lô: tap-ìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dap'exng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tap̚⁵⁻²⁴ iɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tap̚³²⁻⁵ iɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /tap̚³²⁻⁴ eŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /tap̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tap̚³²⁻⁴ iɪŋ¹¹/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: da⁶ in
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ta̠²⁴ in³/

Verb

答應

1. to answer; to respond
2. to agree; to say yes; to allow; to permit

   佢哋已經答應咗會嚟。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢哋已经答应咗会嚟。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ dei⁶ ji⁵ ging¹ daap³ jing³ zo² wui⁵ lai⁴. [Jyutping]

   They've already said that they will come.

3. to promise

Synonyms

• (to answer):

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• 回答 (huídá)
• 對答 / 对答 (duìdá)
• 應 / 应 (Cantonese, Hokkien, Teochew, Leizhou Min)
• 應對 / 应对 (yìngduì)
• 答問 / 答问 (dáwèn)
• 答對 / 答对 (dáduì)
• 答道 (dádào)
• 酬對 / 酬对 (chóuduì) (literary)

 

• (to agree):

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• 允諾 / 允诺 (yǔnnuò)
• 同意 (tóngyì)
• 壋頭 / 垱头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien, figurative)
• 應 / 应 (yīng)
• 批准 (pīzhǔn)
• 承認 / 承认 (chéngrèn)
• 擁護 / 拥护 (yōnghù)
• 認可 / 认可 (rènkě)
• 認同 / 认同 (rèntóng)
• 贊同 / 赞同 (zàntóng)
• 贊成 / 赞成 (zànchéng)
• 附合 (fùhé) (literary, to echo)
• 附和 (fùhè) (to echo)
• 附議 / 附议 (fùyì)
• 首肯 (shǒukěn) (literary)
• 點頭 / 点头 (diǎntóu) (figurative)

 

• (to promise):

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• 允諾 / 允诺 (yǔnnuò)
• 應 / 应 (yìng)
• 應承 / 应承 (yìngchéng)
• 應許 / 应许 (yīngxǔ)
• 應諾 / 应诺 (yìngnuò) (literary)
• 承允 (chéngyǔn)
• 承應 / 承应 (chéngyìng)
• 承當 / 承当 (chéngdāng) (regional)
• 承諾 / 承诺 (chéngnuò)
• 接應 / 接应 (zie⁶ in⁴) (Xiang)
• 然諾 / 然诺 (ránnuò)
• 許諾 / 许诺 (xǔnuò)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to agree”):

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• 回絕 / 回绝 (huíjué)
• 屏絕 / 屏绝 (bǐngjué)
• 拒 (jù) (formal, or in compounds)
• 拒絕 / 拒绝 (jùjué)
• 摒絕 / 摒绝 (bìngjué)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (答應):

• → Korean: 답응(答應) (dabeung)