答 (dá): to answer, to reply, to respond
答 (dá) is a Chinese character meaning “to answer.” Classified as HSK Level 3 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of ⺮ (structural) and 合 (structural). It ranks #559 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- to answer
- to reply
- to respond
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 答
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 回答verb | huí dá | to reply | 3 |
| 答应verb | dā ying | to answer | 4 |
| 答案noun | dá àn | answer | 4 |
| 答复verb | dá fù | variant of 答覆|答复 | 6 |
| 解答verb | jiě dá | to solve (a problem) | 6 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 报答verb | bào dá | to repay |
| 答对verb | dá duì | to answer correctly |
| 问答verb | wèn dá | question and answer |
| 应答verb | yìng dá | to reply |
| 答谢verb | dá xiè | to express one's thanks |
| 答辩verb | dá biàn | to reply (to an accusation) |
| 作答verb | zuò dá | to answer |
| 加尔各答proper-noun | jiā ěr gè dá | Calcutta (India) |
| 答卷verb | dá juàn | completed examination paper |
| 抢答verb | qiǎng dá | to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show) |
| 答非所问phrase | dá fēi suǒ wèn | (idiom) to sidestep the question |
| 对答verb | duì dá | to reply |
| 答话verb | dá huà | to reply |
| 答疑verb | dá yí | to answer questions (as teacher or consultant) |
| 答理 | dā li | (usu. used in the negative) to acknowledge (sb's greeting etc) |
答 appears in 52 compound words: 42 as the first character, 31 as the last, and 27 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 答 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (5)
Example Sentences
答字在日常生活中使用频率很高。
dā zì zài rì cháng shēng huó zhōng shǐ yòng pín lǜ hěn gāo .
The character "答" is used very frequently in daily life.
昨晚喝了酒,今天开车算酒驾吗?答案来了
zuó wǎn hē le jiǔ , jīn tiān kāi chē suàn jiǔ jià ma ? dā àn lái le
I drank last night, is driving drunk today? Here comes the answer
学习规划建议每日问答|如何理解推进政法工作数字化平台建设
xué xí guī huá jiàn yì měi rì wèn dā rú hé lǐ jiě tuī jìn zhèng fǎ gōng zuò shǔ zì huà píng tái jiàn shè
Daily Q&A on learning planning suggestions|How to understand and promote the construction of a digital platform for political and legal work
国情报告“统问统答”?绿:不是点菜就要上
guó qíng bào gào tǒng wèn tǒng dā ? lǜ : bù shì diǎn cài jiù yāo shàng
National situation report "unified questions and answers"? Green: It's not a matter of ordering
蓝白促“国情报告” 总统有问有答、实问实答
lán bái cù guó qíng bào gào zǒng tǒng yǒu wèn yǒu dā , shí wèn shí dā
Blue and white urged the "State of the Union Report" The president had questions and answers
“厂商是谁”答不出来坚持要汇40万 万华警打醒诈骗话术
hǎn shāng shì shéi dā bù chū lái jiān chí yāo huì 4 0 wàn wàn huá jǐng dǎ xǐng zhà piàn huà shù
"Who is the manufacturer" can't answer, insisting on remitting 400,000 yuan, Wanhua police wake up fraud
你真的需要提问题来知道答案吗？
Nǐ zhēn de xūyào tí wèntí lái zhīdào dá'àn ma?
Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
你能回答这条问题吗？
Nǐ néng huídá zhè tiáo wèntí ma?
Can you answer this question?
你回答得这么简短，不觉得有点没礼貌吗？
Nǐ huídá de zhème jiǎnduǎn, bù juéde yǒudiǎn méi lǐmào ma?
Don't you think it's rude to give people such a curt reply like that?
有没有其他人可以回答？
Yǒuméiyǒu qítā rén kěyǐ huídá?
Is there anyone else who can answer?
Character Family
竹 Radical Family — Characters sharing the bamboo radical
Frequently Asked Questions
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