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HSK
ought to / should / must
HSK 2
to put to use; to apply / practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) / application; practical use / (computing) app
HSK 3
should; ought to
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *应* | 应* | *应
to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *应* | 应* | *应
to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with
HSK 5
to respond to an emergency / to meet a contingency / (attributive) emergency
HSK 6
to answer; to reply / to handle; to deal with / response
HSK 6
to deal with; to cope
HSK 7-9
to accept a job offer / to apply for an advertised position
HSK 7-9
at sb's invitation / on invitation
HSK 7-9
to engage in social activities; to socialize / dinner party; banquet; social engagement
HSK 7-9
everything that should be here is here (idiom); all one can think of is on hand / to have all one needs
HSK 7-9
yes-man / opinionless person
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *应* | 应* | *应
surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
to take an exam
to reply
this year's / the current year's
stress (abbr. for 應激反應|应激反应)
to assent / to comply with
to emerge to meet a historic destiny (idiom) / to arise at an opportune time / able to take advantage of an opportunity / to rise to the occasion
stress (physics)
to deserve (attention, respect etc) / should have (freedoms, rights etc)
to apply (for a job) / to reply to a job advertisement
(originally) to provide assistance / (more recently) to show one's support (for a singing idol etc)
to meet a contingency / to adapt oneself to changes
to deserve
Yingcheng, county-level city in Xiaogan 孝感市, Hubei
Ying County in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
to respond to a call
according with the times / seasonal
to take an exam
timely / occasional
to give one's assent / to consent / Taiwan pr. [ying4 yun3]
to come true / to come about as predicted / to be fulfilled
more than one can attend to (idiom) / deluged (with inquiries etc) / overwhelmed (by the beauty of the scenery)
to echo one another / to respond (in agreement)
to take up a challenge / to face an attack and meet it
an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot
(of a defendant) to respond to a charge / to defend oneself
to agree (to do sth) / to promise
to conform with destiny / as the occasion demands
to attend to / to deal with
to promise / to agree to do sth
to promise / to allow
to handle / convenient
to face the enemy / to meet an attack
to see patients (of doctor) / to hold a surgery
handling any occasion smoothly (idiom); equal to any situation
to respond to the market / to buy or sell according to market conditions
to answer the door
to handle matters with ease (idiom) / to hold one's own
(computing) program / application
(of a sum of money etc) receivable
to run for election / to be selected; to be elected
to write a poem on the order of the Emperor
(of a course of action) within one's area of responsibility; expected of one; obligatory (for a person in that role)
to sit for imperial examinations
accrual (accounting)
to respond to an imperial decree
nominally / in name only
you're most welcome / sure thing! / I did what I was supposed to do
to act on one's word
applied writing / writing for practical purposes (business letters, advertising etc)
Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi (1983-), actress
to answer the roll call at 卯時|卯时, i.e. between 5 and 7 am / fig. to put in a conventional appearance
erhua variant of 應名|应名
Promised Land
accounts payable
call girl
application platform (computing)
applied mathematics
application programming interface (API)
application programming interface (API)
(Tw) (computing) program / application
exam-oriented education / teaching to the test
the timber pagoda of the Fogong Temple in Ying County, Shanxi, built in 1056 (Song dynasty)
emergency measure
Yingcheng, county-level city in Xiaogan 孝感, Hubei
(physiological etc) stress
to muddle through
to act on an opportunity (idiom); to take prompt advantage of a situation
Ōnin war 1467-1477 between factions of Ashikaga shogunate
application layer (computing)
accruals basis (accounting)
stress field
call girl center
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
lit. to respond to heaven and suit the times (idiom); to rule according to the will of heaven / the Divine Right of kings
to respond fluently / to answer smartly
student graduating in the current year / recent graduate
emergency standby / to be on standby
emergency exposure (nuclear energy)
accounts receivable
according with the times / seasonal
irritable / sensitive / excitable
stressor
applied physics
applied science
application programming interface (API) (Tw)

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