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): ㄉㄚㄧㄥˋ
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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dāyìng → dāying (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚㄧㄥˋ → 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

to answer; to respond
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.
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)