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响应

xiǎngyìng

to respond; to answer a call

A person with a megaphone on a hill and a crowd raising hands
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Characters in this word

响 xiǎng

Strokes
9
Radical
口 — mouth
Made of
口 mouth 向 towards
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

应 yīng

Strokes
7
Radical
广 — broad, vast, wide

Example phrases

  • 政策刚一发布,多家机构便迅速响应,调整了内部流程。 Zhèngcè gāng yì fābù, duō jiā jīgòu biàn xùnsù xiǎngyìng, tiáozhěng le nèibù liúchéng. As soon as the policy was issued, many organisations responded quickly and adjusted their internal procedures.
  • 同学们纷纷响应老师的号召,捐出了旧书。 Tóngxuémen fēnfēn xiǎngyìng lǎoshī de hàozhào, juān chū le jiù shū. The students responded one after another to the teacher's call and donated their old books.
  • 很多市民积极响应环保活动,周末一起去捡垃圾。 Hěn duō shìmín jījí xiǎngyìng huánbǎo huódòng, zhōumò yìqǐ qù jiǎn lājī. Many citizens responded eagerly to the environmental campaign and went together to pick up litter at the weekend.

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