答应

答應

dāying

verb HSK 2 #953

Meanings

1 to agree; to promise
2 to respond; to answer

Characters

to answer; to respond

to respond; to agree

Examples

他答应了我的请求。

Tā dāying le wǒ de qǐngqiú.

He agreed to my request.

你答应我的事别忘了。

Nǐ dāying wǒ de shì bié wàng le.

Don't forget what you promised me.

我叫了他好几声，他才答应。

Wǒ jiào le tā hǎojǐ shēng, tā cái dāying.

I called him several times before he responded.

Tips

usage

答应 has two meanings: to promise/agree (答应帮忙 = agreed to help) and to respond when called (叫他不答应 = called him but he didn't respond). Note the first tone on 答 here — different from 回答 (huídá, to answer a question).

Stroke Order

答 dá

应 yīng