答应 dāying▶ promesa

Stroke order

答应 is written in 19 strokes across 2 characters.

• 答 — 12 strokes
• 应 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. to answer; to respond
2. to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise

Related words

• 反应reacción
• 应付lidiar con
• 应用aplicación
• 响应respuesta
• 对应Correspondiente
• 应聘Solicitar

答应 is pronounced dāying and means “promesa”. It is part of the HSK 5 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 答应 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.