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回答 huídá — to answer, to reply

huídá (second tone, rising)hui2da2

to answer, to reply

HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)verbnoun
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Meanings

  1. to answer, to reply

    To answer a question. Its object is the question or the person questioning — 回答问题, 回答老师 — but never the content of the answer itself.

    verb

  2. an answer, a reply

    noun

Character breakdown

  • 回
    huí (second tone, rising)

    to return, to go back; to turn round; to reply; a time, an occasion (measure word); a chapter of a novel

    6 strokes⿴囗口Radical 囗
  • 答
    dá (second tone, rising) dā (first tone, high and level)

    to answer, to reply; an answer; (dā) to respond to, to agree (in 答应)

    12 strokes⿱⺮合Radical 竹

Example sentences

  • 请回答我的问题。請回答我的問題。Qǐng (third tone, dipping) huídá (second tone, rising) wǒ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) wèntí. (fourth tone, falling)···

    Please answer my question.

  • 这个问题他回答得很清楚。這個問題他回答得很清楚。Zhège (fourth tone, falling) wèntí (fourth tone, falling) tā (first tone, high and level) huídá (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) hěn (third tone, dipping) qīngchu. (first tone, high and level)···

    He answered this question very clearly.

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