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

出门在外，请多照应。

Chūmén zài wài, qǐng duō zhàoying.

When away from home, please look after each other.

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