(huí dá) - to answer, to reply; answer, reply in Mandarin
huídáTraditional: 回答
Translation
to answer, to reply; answer, reply
Word origin
回答 means 'to answer, to reply': 回 (huí, 'to return') plus 答 (dá, 'to respond'), literally to return a response. 答 is a phono-semantic compound of 竹 (bamboo radical) and 合 (hé, phonetic).
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 回 (huí, to return) + 答 (dá, to respond)
Stroke order
回
答
Examples
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Please answer my question.
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He did not answer me.
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This question is hard to answer.
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Please answer the question carefully.
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She is unwilling to answer me.
回答 (huí dá) means to answer or reply. 回 means to return and 答 means to respond. Together they describe giving a response to a question or request (回答问题, answer a question). It can also function as a noun (他的回答让我很满意, his answer satisfied me). Related words: 回复 (huí fù) tends to be used for written or digital replies; 答复 (dá fù) is more formal. The question word counterpart is 问 (wèn, to ask) or 提问 (tí wèn, to raise a question).
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