應當

See also: 应当

Chinese

		to answer; to respond; ought	to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
trad. (應當)		應	當
simp. (应当)		应	当
anagram		當應／当应

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīngdāng

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥ ㄉㄤ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing¹ dong¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yin-tông
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): èng-tong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): êng³ deng¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīngdāng
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥ ㄉㄤ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yingdang
    • Wade–Giles: ying¹-tang¹
    • Yale: yīng-dāng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ingdang
    • Palladius: индан (indan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ⁵⁵ tɑŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing¹ dong¹
    • Yale: yīng dōng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing¹ dong¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying¹ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ⁵⁵ tɔːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-tông
    • Hakka Romanization System: in dong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /in⁵⁵ toŋ²⁴/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yin-tông
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)in dong´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yin⁴ dong¹
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)in⁵⁵ toŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: èng-tong
    • Tâi-lô: ìng-tong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: eangdofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ tɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɪŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɪŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ tɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: êng³ deng¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: èng tṳng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /eŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ tɯŋ³³/

Verb

應當

1. ought to; should (used as an auxiliary verb)

   與人相處不應懷著自掃門前雪的心態，應當彼此關懷，互相幫助。 [MSC, trad.]
   与人相处不应怀着自扫门前雪的心态，应当彼此关怀，互相帮助。 [MSC, simp.]

   Yǔ rén xiāngchǔ bù yīng huái zhe zì sǎo ménqián xuě de xīntài, yīngdāng bǐcǐ guānhuái, hùxiāng bāngzhù. [Pinyin]

   When relating to others, one should not have an attitude of merely worrying about one's own affairs — we should care for and help one another.

2. (law) must

Synonyms

• (ought to):

• 合該／合该 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 在得 (zai⁴ de⁶) (Xiang)
• 好通 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 宜 (yí)
• 徑須／径须 (jìngxū) (literary)
• 應／应 (yīng)
• 應該／应该 (yīnggāi)
• 會／会 (literary)
• 會須／会须 (huìxū) (literary)
• 理合 (lǐhé) (literary)
• 理應／理应 (lǐyīng)
• 理當／理当 (lǐdāng)
• 當／当 (literary)
• 直須／直须 (zhíxū) (literary)
• 相應／相应 (xiāngyīng) (archaic)
• 該／该 (gāi)
• 該當／该当 (gāidāng)

 

• (must):

• 務必／务必 (wùbì)
• 務期／务期 (wùqī) (literary)
• 務須／务须 (wùxū)
• 定著 (tiānn-tio̍h) (Min Nan)
• 得 (děi) (colloquial)
• 必得
• 必須／必须 (bìxū)
• 煞著 (Hokkien)
• 著愛／著爱 (tio̍h-ài) (Xiamen Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 非得 (fēiděi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (應當):

• → Korean: 응당(應當) (eungdang)

Other:

• → Zhuang: wngdang