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应邀 (yìng yāo) — to accept an invitation; to attend at someone's invitation

Definition

应邀 means 'to accept an invitation' or 'to attend at sb's invitation' — the response side of 邀请 ('to invite'), not the act of inviting itself. 特邀 specifies a distinguished or specially invited guest.

verb
to accept an invitationto attend at someone's invitation

Examples

  • 应邀。
    Tā yìng yāo cān jiā le zhè cì guó jì huì yì.
    He attended this international conference at the invitation.
  • 应邀。
    Wǒ yìng yāo zài bì yè diǎn lǐ shàng fā yán.
    I was invited to speak at the graduation ceremony.
  • 应邀。
    Zhè wèi jiào shòu yìng yāo lái wǒ xiào jìn xíng xué shù jiāo liú.
    This professor came to our university for academic exchange at the invitation.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

应yìngaccept
邀yāoinvitation

应 means accept and 邀 means invitation, giving the sense of accepting an invitation.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 應; 应 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
心心xīnheart
Sound part声符shēngfú
䧹
䧹䧹應yìng
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 應 pairs 心 (heart) with 䧹 as a sound part; the simplified 应 is a later shorthand and its parts are not the original components.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
辶Written in full as辵chuò
Sound part声符shēngfú
敫
敫jiǎo邀yāo
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

邀 pairs 辶, a walking part, with 敫, which gives the sound.

Open 邀 →
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