反
应

To react in Chinese: 反应 (fǎn yìng)

fǎn yìng

to react

HSK 3.0 Level 3Traditional: 反應2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1to react
  2. 2to respond
  3. 3reaction
  4. 4response
  5. 5reply
  6. 6chemical reaction

Stroke order

Watch how to write 反应 stroke by stroke.

反
应

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

Learn how to read Zhuyin

ㄈㄢˇ

fǎn

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ anˇ/ third tone

ㄧㄥˋ

yìng

ㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

反应

Simplified

反應

Traditional

Example sentences

See 反应 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我反应过度了吗？

    wǒ fǎn yìng guò dù le ma？

    Am I overreacting?

  • 汤姆惊讶得没有反应。

    tāng mǔ jīng yà dé méi yǒu fǎn yìng。

    Tom was too surprised to react.

Spotted a mistake?

Related words

反

fǎn

contrary

应

yìng

to answer

应该

yīng gāi

ought to

反对

fǎn duì

to oppose

反映

fǎn yìng

to mirror

适应

shì yìng

to adapt

相反

xiāng fǎn

opposite

答应

dā ying

to answer

反而

fǎn ér

on the contrary

反复

fǎn fù

repeatedly

反正

fǎn zhèng

anyway

违反

wéi fǎn

to violate (a law)

Appears in

HSK 3.0 Level 3 vocabulary listHSK 5 vocabulary list

Learn 反应 with spaced repetition

Add 反应 (fǎn yìng) to your review queue and the FSRS algorithm will schedule it exactly when you're about to forget — then meet it again in a short AI-generated story written at your level.

Start learning free

No credit card required · Free tier included