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接应 (jiē yīng) — to come to someone's aid, to reinforce (in military or emergency situations); to coordinate with, to support (in teamwork or operations)

Definition

A military/operations term meaning to back someone up or coordinate support — coming to aid in the field (see example 1) rather than general teamwork help.

verb
to come to someone's aidto reinforce (in military or emergency situations)to coordinate withto support (in teamwork or operations)

Examples

  • ，接应。
    Bù duì jiē dào mìng lìng, lì jí qián wǎng qián xiàn jiē yīng.
    The troops received orders and immediately went to the front line to provide reinforcement.
  • 接应。
    Zhè ge xiàng mù xū yào gè bù mén hù xiāng jiē yīng.
    This project requires all departments to coordinate with each other.
  • 接应。
    Tā men fù zé jiē yīng hòu qín wù zī.
    They are responsible for supplying logistics materials.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

接jiēmeet
应yìngrespond

接 means to meet or connect with, while 应 means to respond, together giving aid or coordination.

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.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒu
Sound part声符shēngfú
妾
妾qiè接jiē
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The left part 扌 shows a hand, matching the sense of receiving something in the hand, while 妾 gives the character its sound.

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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.

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.

Open 应 →
Appears in
Military & Defense

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