Chinese symbol for “response”
感应
gǎn yìng
Traditional: 感應
response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for response is 感应 (gǎn yìng), defined as: response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “response”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反应 (反應) | fǎn yìng | to react; to respond |
| 回应 (回應) | huí yìng | to respond; response |
| 应对 (應對) | yìng duì | to answer; to reply; to handle; to deal with |
| 回响 (迴響) | huí xiǎng | to echo; to reverberate |
| 对答 (對答) | duì dá | to reply; to answer |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 感应.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 感觉 (感覺) | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation; to feel; to perceive |
| 感到 | gǎn dào | to feel; to sense; to perceive |
| 感谢 (感謝) | gǎn xiè | to thank; to be grateful |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense; perception |
| 感情 | gǎn qíng | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons |
| 感染 | gǎn rǎn | to infect; infection; (fig.) to influence |
| 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 “response”.
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