粵

應jing3戰zin3

simp应战
jing3 zin3yìng zhàn

English

  1. to take up a challenge
  2. to face an attack and meet it
  3. to meet enemy attack; to accept battle; to engage the enemy
  4. to take up a challenge

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 回應敵人嘅宣戰
  2. 回應敵人嘅挑戰

Examples

  • 呢場仗敵國只有十萬軍隊應戰。

    The enemy can only muster a force of ten thousand to fight us. ----

  • 今次港隊應戰西班牙隊,仲唔俾人炒返成十粒八粒?

    The Hong Kong team faces a daunting challenge against Spain, I'm afraid they will lose by a significant margin.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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