| 应声虫 | yìng shēng chóng | yes-man / opinionless person | 
| 应 | Yīng | surname Ying / Taiwan pr. [Ying4] | 
| 应 | yīng | to agree (to do sth) / should / ought to / must / (legal) shall | 
| 应 | yìng | to answer / to respond / to comply with / to deal or cope with | 
| 应声 | yìng shēng | an answering voice / to answer a voice / to respond / to copy a voice / to parrot | 
| 声 | shēng | sound / voice / tone / noise / reputation / classifier for sounds | 
| 虫 | chóng | variant of 虫 | 
| 虫 | chóng | lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures / CL:条,只 / (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic |