应
酬

To engage in social activities in Chinese: 应酬 (yìng chou)

yìng chou

to engage in social activities

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 應酬1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to engage in social activities; to socialize
  2. 2dinner party; banquet; social engagement

Stroke order

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应
酬

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄧㄥˋ

yìng

ㄧ/ iㄥ/ engˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄔㄡ

chou

˙/ neutral toneㄔ/ chㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

应酬

Simplified

應酬

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他晚上有很多应酬，常常很晚回家。

    tā wǎn shàng yǒu hěn duō yìng chou， cháng cháng hěn wǎn huí jiā。

    He has many social engagements at night and often gets home late.

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Related words

应

yìng

to answer

应该

yīng gāi

ought to

适应

shì yìng

to adapt

答应

dā ying

to answer

反应

fǎn yìng

to react

应付

yìng fu

to deal with

应聘

yìng pìn

to accept a job offer

应用

yìng yòng

to put to use

应当

yīng dāng

should

供应

gōng yìng

to supply

对应

duì yìng

to correspond (to)

相应

xiāng yìng

to correspond

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