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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dā | da1
English translation
to answer
to agree
reply
answer
return
respond
echo
answer, reply; to return; to assent to

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Positional decomposition

⺮合

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and represents the sound. The significance of the zhú (bamboo) component is unclear.

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Jiào de 职责 zhí zé shì 帮助 bāngzhù 学好 xué hǎo 教义 jiào yì 问答 wèn dá .

The duty of a godmother is to make you learn your catechism.

gǒu Yáo 尾巴 wěiba 报答 bàodá 人们 rén men de 爱护 àihù .

A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.

Qiáng rěn zhù 愤怒 fènnù , biē huí le 尖刻 jiān kè de 答话 dá huà .

He choked down his anger and choked back a sharp reply.

终于 zhōngyú suàn chū le zhè dào 代数 dài shù de àn .

He finally got the answer to the algebra problem.

wèn xià Shū shì shuí de , méi rén 答应 dāying .

Old Dobbins will ask who it was tore his book. Nobody'll answer.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
回答 huídá to reply回答 huídá
答应 dāying to answer答應
答案 dáàn answer答案 dáàn
reply
答复 dáfù to answer答覆
解答 jiě dá answer解答 jiě dá
报答 bàodá to repay報答
问答 wèn dá question and answer問答
答对 dá duì (usually used in the negative) to answer or reply to sb's question答對
答辩 dábiàn to reply (to an accusation)答辯
应答 yìng dá to reply應答
答谢 dá xiè to express one's thanks答謝
答卷 dá juàn answer sheet答卷 dá juàn
答话 dá huà to reply答話
答疑 dá yí to clarify doubts答疑 dá yí
加尔各答 Jiā ěr gè dá Calcutta (India)加爾各答
抢答 qiǎng dá to compete to be the first to answer a question (as on a quiz show)搶答
答非所问 dá fēi suǒ wèn to answer evasively答非所問
对答 duì dá to reply對答
答问 dá wèn to answer a question答問
苏门答腊岛 Sū mén dá là Dǎo Sumatra (one of the Indonesian islands)蘇門答臘島
作答 zuò dá to answer作答 zuò dá
滴答 dī dā (onom.) pattering sound滴答 dī dā
羞答答 xiū dā dā bashful羞答答 xiū dā dā
苏门答腊 Sū mén dá là Sumatra, one of the Indonesian islands蘇門答臘

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