照应

照應

zhàoying

verb #18,032

Meanings

1 to look after; to take care of
2 to correlate with; to correspond to

Characters

to shine; to look after

to respond; to correspond

Examples

HSK 2

出门在外，请多照应。

Chūménzàiwài, qǐng duō zhàoying.

When away from home, please look after each other.

HSK 7-9

文章的开头和结尾要互相照应。

Wénzhāng de kāitóu hé jiéwěi yào hùxiāng zhàoyìng.

The opening and ending of an essay should correspond to each other.

Tips

mistakes

照应 has two pronunciations: zhàoying (neutral tone, meaning 'to look after') and zhàoyìng (fourth tone, meaning 'to correspond/correlate'). The meaning changes with the tone of 应.

Stroke Order

照 zhào

应 yīng