回答 huídá — to answer, to reply

Meanings

1. 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. 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.

Similar words

Words containing 回

• 回huí (second tone, rising)to return, to go back
• 回来/回來huí (second tone, rising) lai (neutral tone)to return; to come back
• 回家huí (second tone, rising) jiā (first tone, high and level)to return home
• 回到huí (second tone, rising) dào (fourth tone, falling)to return to
• 回去huí (second tone, rising) qu (neutral tone)to return
• 回忆/回憶huí (second tone, rising) yì (fourth tone, falling)to recall
• 回复/回復huí (second tone, rising) fù (fourth tone, falling)to reply
• 回头/回頭huí (second tone, rising) tóu (second tone, rising)to turn round; to turn one's head
• 回报/回報huí (second tone, rising) bào (fourth tone, falling)(in) return
• 返回fǎn (third tone, dipping) huí (second tone, rising)to return to
• 回归/回歸huí (second tone, rising) guī (first tone, high and level)to return to
• 收回shōu (first tone, high and level) huí (second tone, rising)to regain
• 回顾/回顧huí (second tone, rising) gù (fourth tone, falling)to look back
• 回应/回應huí (second tone, rising) yìng (fourth tone, falling)to respond
• 回收huí (second tone, rising) shōu (first tone, high and level)to recycle
• 回避huí (second tone, rising) bì (fourth tone, falling)to shun
• 回想huí (second tone, rising) xiǎng (third tone, dipping)to recall

Words containing 答

• 答案dá (second tone, rising) àn (fourth tone, falling)answer
• 答应/答應dā (first tone, high and level) ying (neutral tone)to promise
• 答dá (second tone, rising)to answer
• 答复/答復dá (second tone, rising) fù (fourth tone, falling)to answer
• 解答jiě (third tone, dipping) dá (second tone, rising)to solve (a problem)
• 报答/報答bào (fourth tone, falling) dá (second tone, rising)to repay
• 答辩/答辯dá (second tone, rising) biàn (fourth tone, falling)to reply (to an accusation)