Chinese symbol for “correspond”
相应
xiāng yìng
Traditional: 相應
to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding
The closest CC-CEDICT match for correspond is 相应 (xiāng yìng), defined as: to correspond; answering (one another); to agree (among the part); corresponding; relevant; appropriate.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “correspond”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 通信 | tōng xìn | to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications |
| 对应 (對應) | duì yìng | to correspond (to); to be equivalent to; to be a counterpart to |
| 配合 | pèi hé | matching; fitting in with |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 相应.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 相关 (相關) | xiāng guān | related; relevant |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 相当 (相當) | xiāng dāng | equivalent to; appropriate |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 相对 (相對) | xiāng duì | relatively; opposite |
| 互相 | hù xiāng | each other; mutually |
| 应该 (應該) | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 应用 (應用) | yìng yòng | to put to use; to apply; practical; applied (science, linguistics etc) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “correspond”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.